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Coal mine Special Reclamation–What problem? Where?
Cindy Rank If there ever was a robust program on paper that was more like swiss cheese in practice, look no further than the West Virginia coal mine bonding program. […]
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MVP — Many Voices Protest
By Cindy Rank Developers (Dominion) of the previously canceled Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) are currently considering how to reclaim the abandoned areas of its now defunct plans for its giant […]
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Wilderness Stewards Gird for Fall, Solitude Monitoring
By Dave Johnston Fall is the busiest part of the busy season in the West Virginia highlands, and Dolly Sods is always at the center of the storm. People come […]
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Antennas on Hanging Rock
By Cynthia Ellis Where Do They Go? “Have a nice trip!” That’s a silly something that we birders would sometimes call out to migrating raptors in September as we watched them […]
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Save the date!
Fall Review and Annual Meeting on Saturday and Sunday, October 30 and 31, 2021 The theme of this year’s Fall Review is Climate Change. Although plans are preliminary, on Saturday we […]
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Thoughts from our president
September is here and once again we will see the spectacular annual transformation of the mountains to the vibrant shades of orange, yellow, and red. It is very interesting to read […]
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“Finish It!” – But How?
By Hugh Rogers “Corridor H—Finish It!” say the faded blue stickers on more than a few trucks around here. The stickers are old but the message still lives. In June, […]
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DEP levies $51K fine for Mountaineer XPress Pipeline water pollution violations
By Mike Tony West Virginia environmental regulators have again fined the operator of the Mountaineer XPress Pipeline for water pollution violations. The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has assessed […]
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Mining Declining
This chart from the United States Energy Information Administration graphically shows the decline in coal production in the United States. It shows a 24% decrease from 2019 to 2020. The change is […]
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Board Highlights
By John McFerrin For the last time in what we hope will be a long time, we popped into our Zoom boxes for the regular summer meeting of the West […]
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