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Pipelines, Streams, and Wetlands: Will They Be Allowed to Cross?
By John McFerrin If, as their developers hope, the Mountain Valley Pipeline or the Atlantic Coast Pipeline are constructed, they will have to cross hundreds streams and wetlands as they […]
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Double Anniversary Hike
Several groups combined to host a hike in Kanawha State Forest on Saturday, September 30. The Kanawha Trail Club [celebrating 75 years], the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy [celebrating 50 years], […]
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West Virginia Near the Bottom in Energy Efficiency
The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy is out with its 2017 State Energy Efficiency Scoreboard and, for West Virginia, there is good news and bad news. The good […]
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Red Creek Rising
By Donna Weems Once small, now muscular and strong Collins Run spills over wooded banks Rushing past rocks and soil, dank Loudly laughing as it hurries along Dry […]
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A Little Adventure in Birding
By John McFerrin The photograph which illustrated the story in the September Voice about the Brooks Bird Club and its 85th anniversary is of a Sutton’s Warbler. In searching for […]
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Congratulations!
For the last few months we have been having a contest, designed to gather information for the upcoming 9th edition of The Monongahela National Forest Hiking Guide. To enter, one […]
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Judge to Appoint Special Master to Speed Up Coal Mine Cleanups
By Ken Ward Jr. A federal judge says he plans to appoint a “special master” in an effort to speed up the process of cleaning up water pollution violations related […]
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Some Things to Consider When Supporting Renewable Energy
By Wayne Spiggle One of the perks of serving on the WVHC board of directors is that from time to time we use email to exchange observations, opinions and information […]
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Thank you!
We wish to thank all who generously donated items to the Silent Auction at our 50th celebration. Thanks for prints, pottery, books, snowshoes, and much more! We gained about $900, […]
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Headwater Streams in Peril
The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has joined with four other West Virginia Groups (including our member groups, the Shavers Fork Coalition and the West Virginia Rivers Coalition) in a letter […]
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