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PFAS Chemicals and Safe Drinking Water at the 2023 Legislative Session
By Luanne McGovern One of the Conservancy’s priorities for the 2023 legislative session is the passage of the Clean Drinking Water Act of 2023, modeled after HB4055 from the 2022 […]
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Letter from the President
By Larry Thomas November was another busy month at the Conservancy and we are very proud of our efforts and accomplishments. During another extremely unusual year, the Board and committees […]
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Which Side Are You On? A Christmas Story
(A European Starling shot by Kathy Litzinger/Great Backyard Bird Count) By Cindy Ellis In the late 1800s and early 1900s a singular holiday tradition had emerged wherever hunters had access […]
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Board Highlights
By John McFerrin For the first time in a long time we crawled out of our little Zoom boxes and had a meeting in person. The meeting featured some new […]
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The Cost of Clear-Cutting our National Forests
(John Coleman) By Steve Coleman and John Coleman You would think the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) would be at the forefront of combating climate change. It’s mission statement is to “sustain the […]
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It’s Not Just Trees
A White Bergamot in Leadmine, WV. (Paula Stahl) By Paula Stahl Deep in the hills of northern West Virginia is a small community called Leadmine. They changed the signs a few […]
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Dolly Sods Wilderness Stewards Update
Traffic jam at Dolly Sods. (Dave Johnston) By Dave Johnston The month of October sees the greatest concentrated influx of visitors to the Dolly Sods area, and the Wilderness Stewards were […]
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2022 Fall Review Recap: Empowering West Virginia
Jay Williams gives a tour of the solar panels at his home in Cairo, WV. (Olivia Miller) By Olivia Miller and John McFerrin Members of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy gathered […]
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Partners Make Progress
By Sarah Hinnant This October, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy welcomed Friends of the Cheat (FOC) board member Sarah Hinnant as a delegate to the WVHC board. Hinnant has served […]
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Corridor H: What the Engineers Don’t See
By Hugh Rogers When our reports on the Corridor H highway project began appearing as a bimonthly feature, perhaps inevitably they became more technical, more insider baseball. So for the […]
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