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Agencies Agree to Review Coal-mining Threats to Endangered Species Nationwide
In response to a lawsuit from the Center for Biological Diversity, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, the Sierra Club, and the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation […]
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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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