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January 2024 Board Highlights
By John McFerrinThe January 2024 Board meeting featured a new Board member, an expanded role for our Membership and Operations secretary, and reports…
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Volunteer Opportunities with WVHC
Are you passionate about environmental conservation and eager to contribute your skills and time towards positive change? The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy invites you…
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The Reclamation (for Jeff)
There will come a dawnwhen, like trees in June, the Appalachian people will reclaim what can only so long be denied. There will come a dawnwhen, like trees in June, the Appalachian people will reclaim what can only so long be denied.
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West Virginia’s Longest Hiking Trail Needs Volunteers
West Virginia Scenic Trails Association (WVSTA) held its Allegheny Trail interest meeting at Big Sandy Brews in early January. The Allegheny Trail is West Virginia’s longest…
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Sacrifices at the Altar of King Coal
By Robert BeanblossomWest Virginians have always worshipped at the altar of King Coal. Even today when the industry contributes so little to the…
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Some Bright Spots in an Otherwise Rough West Virginia Legislative Session
By Quenton KingWest Virginia is rough in the winter, and not just because of the cold. Since I moved back to the state…
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West Virginia Looses Veteran Environmental Movement Organizer
Shortly after midnight on January 16, 2024, Norm Steenstra, Jr, a founder of West Virginia’s environmental movement, passed away at his home in Charleston, at the age…
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WVHC Comments to Public Service Commission in Support of Solar Power in West Virginia
By John McFerrinThe West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has made formal comments to the West Virginia Public Service Commission on the proposal to change…
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2024 WV Legislative Update
By Luanne McGovern, WVHC Legislative Committee ChairThe 87th West Virginia Legislature started their 60-day session on January 10, 2024. So far, almost 2,000 bills…
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Thoughts From Our President
The month of January brought one of the most incredible snowstorms in recent memory to the West Virginia highlands. So far, Canaan Valley has seen 103.5 inches…
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