• Thought from our president

    October, just like every other month, has been very busy at the Conservancy and within the environmental community. With the Conservancy it was another wonderful Annual Fall Review, which once […]

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  • United States Supreme Court to Consider Atlantic Coast Pipeline

    By John McFerrin             The United States Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case that may decide the fate of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.  Argument is expected in early 2020 with […]

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  • 48th

    That’s West Virginia’s ranking among states for energy efficiency, as determined by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy.  We are actually tied with Louisiana for this spot.  This represents an […]

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  • West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Fall Review

    October 18-20, 2019 Elk River Inn and Restaurant, Slatyfork, WV The Schedule Friday night 7:00 Meet and Greet: we will have light refreshments and the bar will be open. Good […]

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  • Conifer Conservation and Ecology in the Central Appalachians

    Fall 2019 CASRI Conifer Health Colloquium, and Field Tours October 16 – 17, 2019  –  Blackwater Falls State Park Lodge Wednesday, October 16  –  Conifer Health Colloquium 2:45 – 3:30p Hemlock Forest Health Monitoring, […]

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  • On canaries and logperch

    As a professional biologist, I am appalled at what’s happening to our river.              Not just scientists studying rare species, but those who enjoy fishing for trout, smallmouth bass, and catfish […]

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  • Groups Sue to Enforce Endangered Species Act

    By John McFerrin The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has joined with the Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, and the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition to sue the federal Office of […]

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  • Hiking Hawks Ridge in “Mine-tana”

    By Hugh Rogers             Long-anticipated trails on the Mower Tract, 40,000+ acres on the western edge of Cheat Mountain that came into the Monongahela National Forest in the 1980’s, are welcoming […]

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  • Antero Clearwater Temporarily Closed

    The Antero-Clearwater facility has been temporarily idled while the company considers its “cost effectiveness.”  In public statements the company has said that the closure is not permanent but only while it […]

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  • Thoughts from our president

    October and Mother Nature has started her annual coloring of the leaves. Conversations always drift to the annual question, how is the weather going to affect how brilliant the colors […]

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