• Mushroom Meander: Another Successful Outing

    By Cory Chase The Highlands of West Virginia hold many treasures. One the most diverse–and least understood–is the world of fungi. Modern research is revealing the intricacies and importance that […]

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  • Dolly Sods Wilderness Stewards Update

    By Dave Johnston During August the Dolly Sods Wilderness Stewards were all about seeking solitude (or lack thereof) and finding campsites, without staying in them. Let me explain. Solitude One […]

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  • The cut

    Whether the waters of prosperity have actually flowed down the rivers of concrete of the Appalachian Regional Highway System, as Senator Byrd predicted, is a complicated issue.  There will always be […]

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  • The Real Northern Route for Corridor H

    By Hugh Rogers             In Tucker County, advance men for the Division of Highways (DOH) have been saying that a Northern Route for the Davis-Thomas section of Corridor H was never […]

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  • Corridor H for Dummies

    By John McFerrin Corridor H has been around as a proposal since the Johnson (Lyndon, not Andrew) administration and as a controversy for almost that long. For what seems like forever, […]

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  • Coal Fields to Solar Fields: The Nature Conservancy to Present at Fall Review

    By Susan Rosenblum Eriks Brolis, Director of Nature & Economy Programs for The Nature Conservancy (“TNC”), will present on TNC’s Solar on Mine Lands Initiative at the Highlands Conservancy Fall […]

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  • Conserving Wildlife on Pipeline Infrastructure

    By Jocelyn J. Phares, Environmental Resources Analyst West Virginia Division of Natural Resources The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) actively works to conserve wildlife habitat on oil and […]

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  • Annual Membership Meeting!

    Among the activities that will take place during the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Fall Review are the Annual Membership Meeting and the quarterly Board meeting. The Annual Membership Meeting will […]

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  • Energy:  An Enlightening Fall Review

    Are you concerned about the energy crisis and climate change?  We are too.  As we move away from fossil fuels, like oil, coal and gas where will our power come from?  Nuclear? Hydrogen? […]

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  • The Pittsburgh Climbers calls out a final “Off Belay”

    By Buff Rodman             The Pittsburgh Climbers, one of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy’s founding organizational members, has ended its long run.  The majority of its remaining members are well past retirement […]

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