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Plant Trees, Have Fun!
Appalachian Headwaters, the West Virginia Land Trust, and Green Forests Work will be hosting a tree planting event on Saturday April 30th at the new Mammoth Preserve. Please join us to help […]
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Little Bitty Birds
By Cynthia D. Ellis Ruby-throated Hummingbirds add a special dimension of pleasure to many locations in West Virginia as the temperatures warm. Here are some brief notes about those tiny […]
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What I Learned Covering the 2022 WV Legislature
By Luanne McGovern This was my first year covering the Legislature for the WV Highlands Conservancy, and I learned a lot in a very short period of time. Some days it […]
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Thoughts from our president
Sunday, March 20 was the first day of spring, but Old Man Winter wasn’t quite ready to leave the highlands. Since then, we have had snow, heavy winds and freezing […]
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What Happened at the 2022 Legislative Session
By Luanne McGovern The sixty day session of the West Virginia Legislature was completed at the stroke of midnight on March 12, 2022. In total, there were 2216 bills introduced, of […]
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The National Forest and the Candy Darter
By Rick Webb As described in my presentation for the 2021 Highlands Conservancy Fall Review, current Forest Service management practice does not bode well for preservation and restoration of the […]
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New Board Members
We welcome two new members of the Board of Directors. First, we welcome Dave Ruediger as an organizational Director, representing the West Virginia Rivers Coalition. Dave grew up in the woods, rivers and […]
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Loss of a Friend
We are saddened to note the passing of our member Mirijana Beram of Doddridge County. Mirijana was born in Croatia; living here in West Virginia she developed a deep love […]
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John McFerrin; Twenty Years Our Editor
By Cindy Ellis In March, 2002, Frank Young was the president of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy. In our newsletter, “The Highlands Voice,” he welcomed someone familiar to WVHC but […]
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Supporting the Wilderness Climate:
The First Season of Dolly Sods Wilderness Stewards Part 4: Impact and Response By Dave Johnston In the first three parts of this article, which is based on the presentation […]
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