• 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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  • WHERE’S WALDO?

    Posted on February 3, 2020

    Low Cost Environmental Summer Camp Invites New Campers, Counselors in June 2020 Last year, Appalachian Headwaters, a new nonprofit organization [*see accompanying side bar], created Camp Waldo, an environmentally focused […]

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  • Finding Out What You Think

    Posted on February 3, 2020

    The Climate Change Committee for the Highlands Conservancy is developing a survey of our members on climate change. The purpose of the survey is to understand what members believe are […]

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  • Thoughts from our president

    Posted on February 3, 2020

    Old man winter certainly has been kind to the highlands with milder weather and little snow to date. However, who can predict Old Man Winter’s plans for February and March? […]

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  • EPA and Corps of Engineers Leave Waters Unprotected

    Posted on February 3, 2020

    By John McFerrin             The United States Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Army Corps of Engineers have narrowed the definition of the “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under […]

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  • Black Kettle

    Posted on January 2, 2020

    “Nothing lives long…only the earth and the mountains.” Black Kettle If only that were true, Black Kettle If only  If only it weren’t permitted  promoted and  profited from the annihilation […]

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  • Canaan Valley Wildlife Refuge Woodcock Project

    Posted on January 2, 2020

    By LeJay Graffious “There goes one!” Zach calls out.   The nightly crepuscular flight of the American Woodcock had begun.  The team had high expectations of trapping seven timberdoodles to band and install […]

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  • Forest Forensics: Finding Clues in the Woods to History

    Posted on January 2, 2020

    By Chris Bolgiano It stands on our ridge like some kind of modern art sculpture, with its jutting iron beam and iron wheels sinking into the earth. It pulled logs […]

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