• National Academies Investigate Health Impacts

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2017

    By Cindy Rank It is never pleasant living near any kind of coal mining operation and the smallest mines can cause health and property damage. However, the scale and location…


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  • White Nose Syndrome Update

    Posted by danrad on May 1, 2017

    By Craig Stihler The fungal disease White Nose Syndrome (WNS) was first documented in West Virginia in early 2009.  Since then, there have been significant declines in the numbers of…


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  • What’s In a Name?

    Posted by danrad on May 1, 2017

    Opinion by John McFerrin The briefing paper that is the subject of the story on page 1 entitles itself “New Data: Atlantic Coast Pipeline Would Trigger Extensive Mountaintop Removal.”  As…


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  • North Carolina Group Speaks Out about the Pipeline

    Posted by danrad on May 1, 2017

    Most of the opposition to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline that we hear about is from Virginia and West Virginia.  This does not mean, however, that all of the opposition…


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  • Maryland Bans Fracking

    Posted by danrad on May 1, 2017

    Maryland has, by statute, permanently banned the practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.  There had been years of protests by landowners, health leaders, and environmentalists. This makes Maryland the first…


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  • Legislative Wrap-up

    Posted by danrad on May 1, 2017

    By John McFerrin The West Virginia Legislature has come and gone, mostly (at press time they still had to finish the budget).  It’s time to look at what happened. Rights of…


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  • Another Friend Gone

    Posted by danrad on May 1, 2017

    It is with sadness that we pass along the news of the passing of Kaye Thomas, the wife of West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Senior Vice President Larry Thomas.  she…


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  • Trail Truthing, Part 4: Up On Cheat

    Posted by danrad on May 1, 2017

    By Hugh Rogers Looking for obscure trails such as the Flame Azalea Trail I wrote about last month (see the follow-up below), I have old-fashioned encounters.  Instead of plugging in…


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  • From the Archives

    Posted by danrad on May 1, 2017

    Most issues of our monthly newsletter, The Highlands Voice, beginning with Volume 1, in 1969, are archived on our website at www.wvhighlands.org.   Enjoy the following highlights taken from;   1981   Cranberry Wilderness Bill The…


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  • Seven West Virginia Parks to Charge Entry Fees—NOT

    Posted by danrad on May 1, 2017

    In mid-April, the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources announced that a $2-per-car entry fee would be charged at Coopers Rock State Forest and at Babcock, Blackwater, Cacapon, Little…


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