In a landmark victory, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, the Sierra Club, and the West Virginia Rivers Coalition have reached an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to address the longstanding [...]
Thoughts From Our President – April 2024
By Marilyn Shoenfeld As always, we think spring is coming to the Highlands, and then there is a blizzard warning for the first week of April (I am writing this [...]
The Do-Nothing 2024 West Virginia Legislature
By Luanne McGovern The 87th West Virginia legislature went out with a whimper on March 9, 2024. After introducing over 2,500 bills, a mere 279 bills were passed, a dismal [...]
Heritage Trees in the Upper Cheat River Project Area
By John Coleman There are now two state listed champion trees within the Forest Service's proposed logging in the Upper Cheat River area. We just learned that a hemlock we [...]
Friends of the Cheat Finds Success With Their Immersive Snorkel Club Program
Friends of the Cheat (FOC) is a local nonprofit watershed group dedicated to the restoration, preservation, and promotion of the Cheat River watershed. The FOC Snorkel Club program was created [...]
Why A Walk in the Woods Is the Best Medicine
By Olivia Miller Winter is officially behind us, and brighter, warmer days on the trails lie ahead. It has never been a question to me whether hiking (walking in nature) [...]
Multiflora Rose: An Invasive Species, A Cautionary Tale, and A Good (?) Idea Gone Bad
By John McFerrin It seemed like a good idea at the time. Hybrid roses needed a sturdy root stock to graft desirable varieties onto. Asia had a sturdy, common rose [...]
Coal Companies Point Fingers as Local Resident Contend With Flood and Home Damage
By Dan Radmacher, Appalachian Voices There are strange things happening near Wolf Pen, West Virginia, about seven miles north of Welch. Geysers of water have shot up out of the [...]
Mine Reclamation Fund Board Gets Environmental Rep After Participation Concern
By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail An advisory council established to ensure the stability of a state fund key to the reclamation of abandoned mine lands is fully seated after the [...]
EPA, DEP Not Doing Their Jobs?
The Sierra Club, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, and West Virginia Rivers Coalition sue over Lower Guyandotte watershed oversight By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail West Virginia conservationists have filed a federal [...]
