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The “Shoenfeld Estimator”: Where It Came From and How It Grew
By Frank Young Back when the first wind farm was proposed for West Virginia ridges (year 2000), I was WVHC president. After about a year of recognizing myself as wind […]
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Remembering Peter
By Hugh Rogers At the celebration of Peter’s life, a full house, very few of whom would have been Jewish, learned multiple meanings of the Hebrew word “shalom.” It is […]
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Missing a Mentor
By George E. Beetham Jr. Peter Schoenfeld was my first contact with the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy. It began with plans for a string of wind turbines stretching along the […]
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A Loss of a Friend
Peter S. Shoenfeld, devoted husband and father, mathematician, and lover of the outdoors, and West Virginia Highlands Conservancy member and Board member, died on Monday, November 13, 2017. Peter was […]
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The People Speak about the Clean Power Plan
By John McFerrin From all over West Virginia, they came. From around the country, they came. With a stubborn determination to say something, even when you know nobody is listening, […]
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National Forest Service Approves Mountain Valley Pipeline Across Jefferson National Forest
The National Forest Service has decided to amend its Forest Management Plan for the Jefferson National Forest. This would make it possible for the Mountain Valley Pipeline to cross the […]
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Forest Service Approves Right of Way for Atlantic Coast Pipeline
The United States Forest Service has approved the crossing of the George Washington and Monongahela National Forests by the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. This is no surprise. In July, 2017, the […]
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Support the Highlands Conservancy
Amazon Smile Amazon (the shopping company, not the river) has a program to support organizations such as ours. To participate, all you have to do is order through Amazon Smile […]
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What’s Going On in the Mon?
In an effort to find out about activities and initiataives in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Board member Adam Casseday interviewed District Ranger Jack Tribble of the […]
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Auld Lang Syne
Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should old acquaintance be forgot, and old lang syne? Our 50th year is ending. Our old times and old […]
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