• Hunting and Fishing Expanded on Wildlife Refuges

    Posted on July 2, 2019

    The United States Secretary of the Interior has announced a proposal for new or expanded hunting and fishing opportunities at 74 national wildlife refuges and 15 national fish hatcheries managed […]

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  • SAVE THE DATE!

    Posted on July 2, 2019

    West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Fall Review When: Fri. 10/18,Sat.10/19 and  Sun. 10/20 Where: Elk River Inn and Restaurant, Slatyfork, WV What: Outings, Programs, Panels and Fun Theme: Seeking a sustainable […]

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  • Celebrating 30 years as a West Virginian

    Posted on July 2, 2019

    By Sheila McEntee This year, I celebrate 30 years as a West Virginian. I was born in Maryland and later lived in Massachusetts and North Carolina. But I’ve never lived […]

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  • Recovering the Natural Wealth of Our Rivers

    Posted on July 2, 2019

    By Chris Wood In early 2019, while helping the Department of Natural Resources to stock trout in a stream, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said, “We dump a bunch of […]

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  • A Milestone

    Posted on July 2, 2019

    According to data published by the United States Energy Information Agency, in April, 2019, for the first time ever, the renewable energy sector (hydro, biomass, wind, solar and geothermal) generated […]

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  • FOREST FORENSICS: Clues in the Woods to History

    Posted on July 2, 2019

    By Chris Bolgiano “Good fences make good neighbors,” wrote Robert Frost in his poem, “Mending Wall.” He was being ironic, because the point of his poem was to question building […]

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  • (Non)Update

    Posted on July 2, 2019

    In October, 2018, and November, 2018, The Highlands Voicereported that the Circuit Court of Summers County had temporarily prohibited the crossing of the Greenbrier River by the Mountain Valley Pipeline.  […]

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  • Wool Gathering

    Posted on July 2, 2019

    I am watching shadow patterns move across the gray roof of my neighbor’s place, watching tips of winter trees begin to show spring’s ochre, their sharpness go soft, mauve.   […]

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  • Paste This in Your Hiking Guide

    Posted on July 2, 2019

    By Hugh Rogers Two pages in the front of the new edition of the Monongahela National Forest Hiking Guide alert the reader to “Changes in This 9th Edition.” Going beyond […]

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  • Fire Damages the Highlander Center

    Posted on July 2, 2019

    By Dave Cooper The Highlander Education and Research Center, located northeast of Knoxville, in New Market, Tennessee is the historic civil rights and labor training center where Rosa Parks received […]

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