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The Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Law
By John McFerrin Now that the Atlantic Coast Pipeline has been cancelled, there will always remain the question of whether it was ever really possible. Of course, anything is possible […]
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Trout Unlimited and Forest Service Team Up to Reconnect Trout Stream in Virginia
By Dylan Cooper An important historical site in Virginia got a long-awaited face-lift after more than 70 years of being hampered by the presence of man-made barriers to aquatic organism […]
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Some Hope for Migratory Birds
One of the perils facing migratory birds is collisions with buildings. Estimates on how many birds die annually from collisions with buildings vary widely but, in the United States, it is […]
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Bluestone Coal Sings the Blues
By Cindy Rank Voice deadlines often rattle my brain as I puzzle over how to relate a recent development in some one of our, by now, four score and umpteen legal […]
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Leer Mine Revision Threatens the Tygart
By Cindy Rank For the past ten years readers of the Highlands Voice have seen a multitude of articles about Arch Coal’s ICG Tygart Leer mine next to the Tygart Lake and […]
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Water Works
By Cindy Ellis In 2012, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy and allies hosted a “Wellness and Water” conference in Morgantown, followed by similar day-long or weekend meetings in Buckhannon in […]
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Mind Boggling Mine Bonding
By Cindy Rank In the May 2020 issue of The Highlands Voice and again in June we talked a lot about chickens coming home to roost, how the bonding program in West […]
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What’s Next for the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance
By Lew Freeman The masthead of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance states that the organization’s mission is: “Protecting the heritage, resources and economy of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region.” ABRA was organized to fight […]
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Making Connections
By Cindy Ellis “Intersectional environmentalism” is a new phrase that recently has gotten some attention. What is it? Intersectionality is the belief that oppressions are interlinked and cannot be solved alone. So, intersectional […]
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Still Hunkered Down
Because the pandemic is ongoing, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has cancelled its events. The quarterly Board meeting set for July was cancelled. Because our Board contains some persons of a […]
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