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The Passing of an Old Friend
We note with sorrow the passing earlier this year of Eleanor Bush at the age of 103. She served as secretary of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy for several years […]
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~FINAL EXAM~
Open Book test. The text: “Fighting to Protect the Highlands: The First Forty Years of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy” by David P. Elkinton. [texts available in each WV public […]
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Board Highlights
By John McFerrin The spring Board meeting was a mixture of the same old, same old, issue reports, and excitement for the future. For same old, same old we had […]
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Beth Baldwin Wins an Award
By Cindy Rank Congratulations to Beth Baldwin. She and her cohorts in the nursing profession worked tirelessly at the WV state Legislature these past few years to achieve greater recognition, […]
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Congratulations to West Virginia’s 2017 River Hero
The River Network, a Colorado-based national nonprofit organization that supports local and statewide organizations involved in restoring and protecting rivers and streams, has named WV Rivers Coalition’s executive director Angie […]
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Knocking Off the Ridgetops
As part of its proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Dominion Resources intends to blast away, excavate, and partially remove entire ridgetops along 38 miles of Appalachian ridgelines as part of the […]
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Calendar of Events:
Wednesday, March 1: Public Comment Session for ACP pipeline draft EIS in Elkins, WV 5:00 – 9:00 pm, Gandy Dancer Theater, 359 Beverly Pike, Elkins, WV 26241. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21393847/DEIS%20Notice%20of%20Availability%2020161230-3005%2831865337%29.pdf Thursday, […]
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What is The Cost of Subsidies?
By Larry V. Thomas Senate Bill 16 (SB16), proposing to repeal West Virginia Code Section §11-6A-5a has been introduced in the legislature and is making its way through the House, […]
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Move Afoot to Weaken Water Quality Protections
The West Virginia Legislature is actively considering a bill (HB 2506) that would weaken West Virginia’s water quality protections. It would do two things. First, it would change how compliance […]
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West Virginia Lax in Stream Cleanup
By John McFerrin The United States District Court has ruled that West Virginia was lax in its duty to beginning cleaning up impaired streams and that the United States Environmental […]
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