• Our readers write

    Posted by danrad on May 1, 2020

    The Highlands Voice,After  looking  over your  survey  regarding  so-called  “global  warming,” more  recently  called  “climate  change,”  I  hope  this  letter  will  not  be butchered  as  was  my  previous  communication.     Why?     As  a  supporter  of academic  freedom,   I  believe  all  opinions  must  be  expressed.Regarding number 3 of the survey, there is no proof storms are more…


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  • Virtual Board Highlights

    Posted by danrad on May 1, 2020

    Since we are all sheltering in place, staying at least one turkey vulture wingspan apart, we could not have a regular Board meeting this quarter.


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  • Thoughts from our president

    Posted by danrad on May 1, 2020

    April was another month of dealing with the restrictions associated with COVID-19, what is now known as the silent enemy. Although the coronavirus has us all hunkered…


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  • Bonding: Are the chickens finally coming home to roost?

    Posted by danrad on May 1, 2020

    By Cindy RankWest Virginia received approval for primacy for the Surface Mining Regulatory program in 1982-3.  As a member of the local group Friends…


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  • Wisps of Clouds

    Posted by danrad on April 1, 2020

    By George E. Beetham Jr.Wisps of clouds ride on the windScatter and then assemble againStorm…


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  • Groups Support Critical Habitat for Endangered Crayfish

    Posted by danrad on April 1, 2020

    In February, 2020, The Highlands Voice had a story about the proposal by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to designate critical habitat for the Big Sandy crayfish…


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  • WV Legislature- the Good and Not So Good of It

    Posted by danrad on April 1, 2020

    By Frank Young, WV E-Council Legislative Committee ChairThe West Virginia state legislature adjourned in mid-March, just as the COVID-19 anxiety was cranking up–thus…


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  • ClimateWise April 2020

    Posted by danrad on April 1, 2020

    By the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Climate Change CommitteeWhile it’s hard to think about climate change when our world has been totally disrupted…


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  • Why Bats?

    Posted by danrad on April 1, 2020

    By Katherine McFerrinAmid the COVID-19 pandemic one might wonder how this virus came to be. While it’s well known that the virus came…


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  • Changes Proposed to NEPA Rules

    Posted by danrad on April 1, 2020

    By John McFerrinCouncil on Environmental Quality has proposed changes to the regulations on how the National Environmental Policy Act is implemented.  If the changes…


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