Board Highlights

By John McFerrinFor the latest of what seemed like too many times in a row we gathered in our little Zoom boxes to…

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West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Seeks Program Director

WVHC, now in its 54th year, currently serves approximately 1,500 members and supporters with a strong history of promoting, encouraging, and working for the conservation and an appreciation of…

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Overappreciated Prognosticators; Underappreciated Interior Designers

By John McFerrin            Now we have a few more data points in the ongoing effort to determine if groundhogs really can predict the…

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National Academy of Sciences Makes Recommendations for Addressing Climate Change

By Perry Bryant            In a recently released report the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (Academy) recommends that the United States adopt a…

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Dark Sky Week Coming Up

By John McFerrinInternational Dark Sky Week is coming up April 5-12.  West Virginia has several reasons, and places, to celebrate.            Dark…

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Forest Service Gauley Project Scrutinized

By Kent KarrikerThe Monongahela National Forest has proposed to conduct over 2,600 acres of timber harvest and several hundred acres of prescribed fire…

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Thoughts from our president

February continued the onslaught of freezing temperatures and strong winds (causing wind chills to drop below zero), along with snowstorm after snowstorm blanketing most of the highlands…

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