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The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in West Virginia, Edited by Richard S. Bailey and Casey B. Rucker
Reviewed by Cynthia D. EllisIt’s here! The long awaited second edition of the West Virginia Breeding Bird Atlas has arrived!
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Overseeing the Overseers
By Cindy RankIn 2011 the WV Highlands Conservancy and WV Rivers Coalition successfully sued the state regulatory agency, WV Department of Environmental Protection…
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What’s afoot with Turkeyfoot
By Cindy RankAs noted in the April issue of the Voice, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) approved a surface mine permit for…
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Pipeline Inspectors
By Cindy RankFailing to get approval of the more general Nationwide 404 Clean Water Act permit to allow Mountain Valley Pipeline’s (MVP) stream…
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What YOU have done and what YOU can personally do to slow climate change and temperature rise
By Jeff Witten and West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Climate Change CommitteeWV Mountaineers are resourceful and resilient: “Ask not what others can do to…
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Thoughts from our president
Summer has arrived and during June there were many severe storms with heavy rains here in the highlands. It is fantastic to see the transition of the…
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Dolly Sods Wilderness Stewards Project Kicks Off
By Dave JohnstonWith the signing of a partnership agreement between the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy (WVHC) and the Monongahela National Forest (MNF), the…
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs, Something Wicked This Way Comes
The 2021 session of the West Virginia Legislature provided a lot of indications of the enthusiasm in the body for allowing off-road vehicles on public lands in…
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Worried yet?
As if widespread drought, mass extinctions, more severe storms, etc. were not sufficient cause for concern, a study by Duke University recently reported that the concentrations of…
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Another Earth Day
By Marion Harless Wisconsin’s Senator Gaylord Nelson thought it would be wonderful to have a student led teach-in on the environment at the nation’s…
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