• Climate Change

    Normally, I repose in a quiet little valley with a serpentine lane along its sleepy stream. Last night rain went monsoon, sluiced down surrounding hills, swamped the roadway. The creek […]

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  • NORTH SODS

    By Jack Slocumb             In her recent book, Wanderlust: A History of Walking, Rebecca Solnit asserts that “– -walking focuses not on the boundary lines of ownership that break the land into pieces […]

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  • Triple Threat to the Tygart

    By Stanley Jennings, President STTWA                                                 Save the Tygart Watershed Association (STTWA) is dedicated to improving and maintaining water quality in the Tygart River and its tributaries.  Over the past several years, […]

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  • Environmental Council Seeks Outreach Coordinator and Lobbyist

    The West Virginia Environmental Council (WVEC) seeks a part-time outreach coordinator and interim lobbyist. Qualified applicants would have familiarity with West Virginia’s legislative process and would represent the WVEC at […]

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  • Tygart River Woes

    By Cindy Rank How well I recall quietly celebrating with a heart full of joy my 30th birthday on the side porch of the cabin we were building on our newly […]

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  • Nudging the Greenbrier Southeast Project in the Right Direction

    By Kent Karriker The Conservancy recently filed a comment letter on the Forest Service’s draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed Greenbrier Southeast project.  The project would pursue several management objectives, […]

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  • A New Crawdad

    By Cindy Ellis Crawdads.  In recent years, these critters have been featured in quite a few stories and references in The Highlands Voice.  So, here is one more. This spring, veteran […]

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  • Thoughts from our president

    May was yet another month of dealing with the restrictions associated with COVID-19. However, we are seeing states relaxing the restrictions that have kept us homebound for so long. If […]

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  • Court of Appeals Denies Stay in Stream Crossings Case

    By John McFerrin             The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has refused to stay the effectiveness of the District Court’s decision that voided Nationwide Permit 12, the […]

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  • Fossilized Sunshine

    Fossilized sunshine, we dig it out of the ground It can still shine brightly and it makes the world go ‘round We use it all day long, by the ton […]

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