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UPCOMING OUTINGS
(Details on our Events Page): Watoga Old-Growth Forest Exploration August 7, 1-4PM at Watoga State Park: Explore a stand of old-growth forest with ecologist/naturalist Doug Wood. Meet at Ann Bailey Overlook […]
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Energy and the Fall Review
Each year the Fall Review allows us time to look at one topic in a little more depth, and to hear speakers we don’t otherwise get to hear from. This year’s […]
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Candy Darter/Hellbender Snorkeling Outing Successe
By Cory Chase After a couple years of hibernation, the Conservancy’s outings program has been emerging back into the hills and hollers of the Highlands. Our outings program had an […]
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Thoughts from our president
July has been a very active month at the Conservancy as you will see in many of the articles in this month’s Highlands Voice and the efforts of all involved […]
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Should the Mountain Valley Pipeline Get an Extension
By John McFerrin The developers of the Mountain Valley Pipeline have asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for an extension of its deadline to complete the project. A collection of […]
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States Get More Say over Water Permits
By John McFerrin States, including West Virginia, have gained more control over the issuance of permits under the federal Clean Water Act. Under the federal and state Clean Water Acts, […]
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Afternoon Town
By Lenore Coberly A squirrel sees me, stops each cheek stretched by an acorn, then disappears under a hemlock, his drawn mouth, funny, forlorn. Monarchs crown butterfly bushes, in their […]
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An Unsettled Settlement and One Solution
By Hugh Rogers The West Virginia Division of Highways has taken note of local opposition to its Revised Original Preferred Alternative (ROPA) for Corridor H. Recently, it has circulated documents […]
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Royal Mimicry: Entomology Meets Etymology
By Katherine McFerrin and John McFerrin Summertime in North America is the breeding season for the Monarch butterfly, West Virginia’s state butterfly. Monarchs have a bold wing pattern of black […]
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Boondoggle: The Appalachian Blue Hydrogen and Carbon Capture Hub
Why the oil and gas industry, the Biden administration, the AFL-CIO, and even some environmental groups support spending billions of taxpayer dollars on an economic and environmental absurdity By Sean O’Leary […]
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