Threats to Public Land Looming
By John McFerrin Our public lands are in peril. There are moves afoot to transfer those lands to the states or sell off public lands. The idea that the federal [...]
By Cindy Rank Spring has sprung, the grass is riz, I wonder where the sanity is … Here we are, every month or so expounding on successful federal court challenges [...]
By Cindy Rank Yes, the “Cancer Creek” bill, vestige of the past, has resurfaced ---- this time it has blurred the vision of enough West Virginia legislators to float them [...]
A look back at our 50 years of actions for the mountains shows that the Highlands Conservancy has had plenty of help. Groups and individuals joined with us in efforts [...]
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 1975 [...]
As The Highlands Voice goes to press, the Legislature is still in session. Anything could happen. HB 2506 (Cancer Creek) has passed both the House and the Senate and awaits [...]
Study of Health Effects of Mining Gets Going
For years, groups, researchers, and individuals have been saying that mining, and particularly large scale surface mining, has an adverse impact upon public health. For a little history of some [...]
Trail Truthing, Part 3: Allen’s Trail
By Hugh Rogers The most vivid trail name on the Monongahela National Forest must be Flame Azalea. Does it have any rivals? Of the 200 trails on the Forest’s inventory [...]
The Industrialist and the Mountaineer: The Eastham-Thompson Feud and the Struggle for West Virginia’s Timber Frontier, by Ronald L. Lewis (Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2017, paperback, 301 pages). Reviewed [...]
Legislative Update, More or Less
There are a couple of bills that may be of interest to Voice readers. With the usual disclaimer that, this late in the session, things change every few minutes, here [...]
Brief Update on the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) Gas Pipeline
1) Ongoing FERC review Appalmad (Appalachian Mountain Advocates) continues to challenge the plethora of gas transmission pipelines currently proposed to criss-cross West Virginia and neighboring states. Most recently Appalmad submitted [...]
