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More Aluminum for Shavers Fork?
By John McFerrin The J. F. Allen Company has asked for a Major Modification of its NPDES permit for its Pond Lick Quarry outside Elkins. The quarry drains treated waste…
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What’s Wrong With Virginia’s Review of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
By Rick Webb, Program Coordinator, Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition (DPMC) My name is Rick Webb. I recently retired from my position as a Senior Scientist at the University of Virginia,…
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Another Reason to Celebrate
Through the efforts of National Geographic, the National Audubon Society, BirdLife International, and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, 2018 has been declared the Year of the Bird. This year was…
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A Peaceful, and Gentle, Way Forward
By Angie Rosser On Nov. 28, I, like many West Virginians, traveled to Charleston for a hearing on the Trump administration’s proposal to repeal the Clean Power Plan. The CPP…
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2018 Begins West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Second 50 Years
Sending everyone good wishes for the New Year, and hopes that it will be filled ONLY with good health, success in all those things that really matter to you…and…
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West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Gives Away ANOTHER Chance to Protect State’s Waters
West Virginia has waived its opportunity to review the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to determine whether it will cause a violation of West Virginia’s water quality standards. Under Section 401 of…
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2017
The Highlands Voice The Monthly Publication of West Virginia Highlands Conservancy
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While We Sleep
By Edwina Pendarvis Salamanders, startled into being, flicker far away. Through the banked fires of autumn moss and leaf-litter, they arc across the synapses of yellow birch and red spruce on mountain peaks lifted from…
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Antero Clearwater
By Cindy Rank Salt, salt, salt ??? Radioactivity??? While the debate rages in trade magazines as to just what might be the accurate long-term predictions for gas prices, availability of shale…
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Many Christmas Eves
By Lenora Coberly After school on December afternoons the children walked up Baptist Church Hill to practice for the Christmas Eve Program. Mrs. Booth played the piano as we marched and sang of the long ago…
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