What Happened at the 2022 Legislative Session
By Luanne McGovern The sixty day session of the West Virginia Legislature was completed at the stroke of midnight on March 12, 2022. In total, there were 2216 bills introduced, of [...]
Sunday, March 20 was the first day of spring, but Old Man Winter wasn’t quite ready to leave the highlands. Since then, we have had snow, heavy winds and freezing [...]
What I Learned Covering the 2022 WV Legislature
By Luanne McGovern This was my first year covering the Legislature for the WV Highlands Conservancy, and I learned a lot in a very short period of time. Some days it [...]
By Cynthia D. Ellis Ruby-throated Hummingbirds add a special dimension of pleasure to many locations in West Virginia as the temperatures warm. Here are some brief notes about those tiny [...]
Appalachian Headwaters, the West Virginia Land Trust, and Green Forests Work will be hosting a tree planting event on Saturday April 30th at the new Mammoth Preserve. Please join us to help [...]
A fox framed by a barn door stares at me. He does not run away. He seems to know something Like two people in love. I am I and you [...]
Greenbrier Watershed Association Talks to Senator Manchin
March 21, 2022 The Honorable Joe Manchin, III United States Senator 306 Hart Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Manchin, The Greenbrier River Watershed Association, founded in 1990, is one [...]
During discussions of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, it is often referred to as “nearly finished.” In the litigation over the failure, so far, to comply with the Endangered Species Act (The [...]
By Hugh Rogers Our story so far, Parsons to Davis chapter: The West Virginia Division of Highways (DOH) has been sued before over its Original Preferred Alignment (OPA). A settlement [...]
Supporting the Wilderness Climate:
The First Season of Dolly Sods Wilderness Stewards Part 5: The Stewards Step Up By Dave Johnston In the first four parts of this article, which is based on the [...]
By Victoria Sheeler “Time in nature is not leisure time; it’s an essential investment in our children’s health (and also,by the way, in our own).” – Richard Louv, from Last Child [...]
2022 Opening Dates Announced for Monongahela National Forest Recreation Sites
Monongahela National Forest has announced the 2022 opening dates for developed recreation sites across the Forest. The dates may change based on local conditions. Visit the Forest’s Recreation Conditions Report [...]
“Forced Pooling” Comes to West Virginia
By David McMahon Forced unitization bills, often termed “forced pooling” bills, have been very controversial for years. West Virginia Surface Owners Rights Organization (WVSORO) has always said a good forced [...]
