• Board Highlights

    Posted by danrad on November 1, 2017

    By John McFerrin The Board of Directors of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy met in October.  Of course, we had most of the usual stuff—report from Membership Secretary (holding our…


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  • Asking the Governor for Help

    Posted by danrad on November 1, 2017

    Twenty organizations (including the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy) have joined in a letter asking Governor Justice to take the lead in assuring that the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the…


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  • Cancelling Study on Mining and Health: an Update

    Posted by danrad on November 1, 2017

    By John McFerrin For years, and probably decades, coalfield residents have known in their bones that living near surface coal mines made people sick.  This common knowledge began to be…


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  • Watching Birds and Seeing Who’s Boss

    Posted by danrad on November 1, 2017

    Through its Project Feeder Watch, the Cornell Laboratory or Ornithology has begun gathered data on what it calls “dominance hierarchy.”  This involves watching birds’ behavior at feeders and learning…


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  • Giving Thanks … for the 50th

    Posted by danrad on November 1, 2017

    By Cindy Rank A great big THANK YOU from the planning committee for the 50th Anniversary blowout at Canaan Valley in September. It was a lot of work, but great…


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  • A Giant, and a Friend, Passes

    Posted by danrad on November 1, 2017

    Born in Watertown, Wisconsin, Dianne was the oldest of eight children that Josephine and John McFarland would bring into the world, followed by Jerry, Betty, Linda, Hannah, Monica, Dan,…


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  • JUNCO

    Posted by danrad on November 1, 2017

    Seen with the eye of contemplation, creatures are             vestiges, the very footprints of God.   — St. Bonaventure A gray bird in a red bush, an empty stream of stones and…


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  • An Open Letter to Governor Jim Justice

    Posted by danrad on November 1, 2017

    Office of the Governor State Capitol 1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East Charleston, West Virginia 25305   Honorable Governor Justice, There are, and have been a number of plans for new electricity transmission lines and natural gas…


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  • Meanwhile, in state news

    Posted by danrad on November 1, 2017

    In September the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has rejected the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s erosion and sediment control plan.  While the rejection was a hopeful signal that the…


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  • Resilient (?) Forests Act of 2017: a Bill Worth Watching

    Posted by danrad on November 1, 2017

    This summer’s wildfires have focused attention on forest management practices that could make fires less devastating.  While there is widespread agreement that changes in forest management have that potential,…


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