• 2020 Legislative Session Looming

    By the West Virginia Environmental Council legislative committee              Death, taxes and the West Virginia Legislature are inevitable in the mountain state of West Virginia.               And the WV legislature will convene […]

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  • West Virginia Legislature: Ready or Not, Here it Comes!

    By John McFerrin We are in the season of preparation.  Whether we use the Wal-Mart calendar (where we have been in full bore preparation for Christmas since at least October) or […]

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  • The Last Oak

    by Nelson Tinnel On a barren hill all alone clings a tiny oak  to a jagged stone The loggers came with wheel and claw No longer they use the axe […]

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  • Rollbacks Proposed for State Review of Stream Crossings

    The United States Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a new rule that would restrict the role of states in approving projects under the federal Clean Water Act.             Under the federal […]

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  • A Tour of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

    The major field trip of the Fall Review was the tour of a small part of the route of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, led by Rick Webb and a team […]

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  • Food for Winter

    In the morning        of a late summer day,        our father        would open the door        and say,        “Smell the beebread.” And we would inhale deeply        of the heavy scent, It had […]

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  • Longtime Voice Editor Bill Reed Passes Away

    Bill Reed, the gentle, kind, irascible, uncompromising curmudgeon who served as editor of The Highlands Voice from 1997 until 2002 (second longest tenure in Voice history) died on September 26, 2019, in Viola, Wisconsin.  He […]

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  • Board Members Elected

    The main item of business for the Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, held on October 20, 2019, was the election of Board members.  Three of the previous Board […]

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  • APRIL

    By Cindy Rank The word “April” brings to mind visions of a season of hope and transformation – awakening and new growth – increased light nudging the sleeping earth to […]

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  • A New Designation for the New River?

    United States Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), have introduced the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve Designation Act—legislation that would change the New River Gorge’s designation […]

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