Proposed Changes Threaten Birds
By John McFerrin The United States Department of the Interior has proposed regulations that would reduce protection for migratory birds through a dramatic reinterpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. [...]
March, the month that will change our lives forever. It’s hard to believe the change in our world that has occurred with the Coronavirus pandemic spreading to over 140 countries. [...]
Ulysses Pumped Storage Hydropower Project Abandoned
By David Johnston Faced with overwhelming community opposition, it appears that FreedomWorks LLC will abandon its most recent attempt to build a pumped storage hydroelectric generating plant in the West [...]
In December, 2019, much of The Highlands Voice was devoted to preparation for the 2020 session of the West Virginia Legislature. Among the stories was one by Beth Little. It listed some statements [...]
In Person Board Meeting Cancelled
Because of the corona virus and the recommended social distancing that resulted, the Board of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy will not have the regular in-person meeting that was scheduled [...]
For the last few weeks there have been innumerable (The Highlands Voice’s crack staff of enumerators lost count at a bazillion and twelve) newspaper and magazine stories full of tips on [...]
Changes Proposed to NEPA Rules
By John McFerrin Council on Environmental Quality has proposed changes to the regulations on how the National Environmental Policy Act is implemented. If the changes become final, they would limit the [...]
By Katherine McFerrin Amid the COVID-19 pandemic one might wonder how this virus came to be. While it’s well known that the virus came from a live-animal wet market in [...]
By the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Climate Change Committee While it’s hard to think about climate change when our world has been totally disrupted by coronavirus, the WVHC Climate Change [...]
WV Legislature- the Good and Not So Good of It
By Frank Young, WV E-Council Legislative Committee Chair The West Virginia state legislature adjourned in mid-March, just as the COVID-19 anxiety was cranking up--thus exchanging one social plague for another. We [...]
Groups Support Critical Habitat for Endangered Crayfish
In February, 2020, The Highlands Voice had a story about the proposal by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to designate critical habitat for the Big Sandy crayfish (Cambarus callainus) and [...]
By George E. Beetham Jr. Wisps of clouds ride on the wind Scatter and then assemble again Storm on the mountain rain for the land Water to nourish both creature [...]
