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Covid Relief and Climate Change
There was also good news in the COVID-19 relief bill on climate change. Here are a few of the most important provisions. The most important emissions-cutting measure in the bill […]
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Thurmond: Part of the New River Park and Preserve
During the first two decades of the 1900s, Thurmond was a classic boomtown. With the huge amounts of coal brought in from area mines, it had the largest revenue on […]
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Thoughts from our president
An incredibly challenging year has ended, but the Covid19 pandemic of 2020 continues its quest, radically changing our lives as we move into 2021. It is critically important that we […]
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A New Role for the New River
The New River Gorge will have a new designation and a slightly different role thanks to Congressional action on the bill that included the Covid19 relief. It will change from being […]
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2020
The Highlands Voice The Monthly Publication of West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Click below for a PDF version from this year. Individual articles can be found by either clicking on the […]
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Update on Stormwater Permit in Jefferson County
By Dr. Christine Wimer President Jefferson County Foundation In our September article, we discussed in brief the Department of Environmental Protection’s use of Unilateral Enforcement Orders to allow entities to […]
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One Step Closer to Imperiling Migratory Birds
By John McFerrin The outgoing administration has taken one step closer to a major policy change that would imperil migratory birds. Background The Migratory Bird Treaty Act is the United […]
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A Good Poem: The Blackwater
By Jack Slocomb I think I first saw the Blackwater Canyon and falls when I was nine years old. That’s when I was living in Buckhannon, West Virginia, and my […]
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Mistletoe: Holiday Matchmaker and Year-Round Parasite
By Katherine McFerrin Mistletoe is the symbol for romance during the winter holidays. The classic mistletoe, imagined with its snowy white berries and thin green leaves, is not native to […]
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On the River Once
By Jack Slocomb I remember the river going by muddy and slow and the moths flickering away lifetimes under the light of the lamp and you and I out on […]
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