• United States Supreme Court Hears Atlantic Coast Pipeline Case

    Posted on March 4, 2020

    By John McFerrin             On February 24, 2020, the United States Supreme Court heard arguments on a case concerning the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.  Now we are left to wait, with nothing to […]

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  • All Hail the Real Prognosticators

    Posted on February 3, 2020

    In most Februaries, The Highlands Voice takes note of Groundhog Day, honoring the putative prognosticator of spring.  According to an article in Scientific American, however, the cute little rodent is lousy at it.  It can predict […]

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  • Critical Habitat Established for Endangered Crayfish

    Posted on February 3, 2020

    The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has published a proposed rule to designate critical habitat for the Big Sandy crayfish (Cambarus callainus) and the Guyandotte River crayfish (Cambarus veteranus).   […]

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  • The Forgotten Natural Resource

    Posted on February 3, 2020

    By Beth Little             The Monongahela National Forest has a natural resource that is ignored.  It is darkness – an absence of artificial light at night.  Around the planet there are fewer and […]

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  • The Atlantic Coast Pipeline: an update and what we are doing

    Posted on February 3, 2020

    The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy (WVHC) provided a grant in the summer of 2018 to support the work of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance (ABRA) and West Virginia Rivers Coalition (WVRC) […]

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  • Canaan Fir, 50 years later

    Posted on February 3, 2020

    By Dave Saville In 1970 a young Forestry Professor, Dr. Jim Brown, left WVU to take a job at Ohio State University. He was interested in Christmas Trees. His research […]

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  • Board Highlights

    Posted on February 3, 2020

    The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy met in Charleston, with some of the members from more mountainous parts of the state snowed in and unable to attend.  The Board did the usual […]

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  • More Questions for Mine Testing Facility

    Posted on February 3, 2020

    By Ellie Bell The Highlands Voice, May 2019, mentioned that a branch of the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the National Institute of Occupational Safety (NIOSH), is exploring a plan […]

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  • Legislative Update (More or less)

    Posted on February 3, 2020

    With the West Virginia Legislature now in session there are several bills of interest.  A monthly publication such as The Highlands Voice is not the best source for news on such […]

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  • Our Connection with Camp Waldo

    Posted on February 3, 2020

    By Cindy Rank A great number of mining and water related legal challenges pursued by WV Highlands Conservancy over the past 20-30 years have aimed at curtailing the pollution emanating […]

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