The New River Gorge will have a new designation and a slightly different role thanks to Congressional action on the bill that included the Covid19 relief. It will change from being [...]
An incredibly challenging year has ended, but the Covid19 pandemic of 2020 continues its quest, radically changing our lives as we move into 2021. It is critically important that we [...]
Thurmond: Part of the New River Park and Preserve
During the first two decades of the 1900s, Thurmond was a classic boomtown. With the huge amounts of coal brought in from area mines, it had the largest revenue on [...]
Covid Relief and Climate Change
There was also good news in the COVID-19 relief bill on climate change. Here are a few of the most important provisions. The most important emissions-cutting measure in the bill [...]
The Greenbrier Southeast Project
The Greenbrier Southeast (GSE) project is a proposed 16,888-acre forest management project in the upper reaches of the East Fork of the Greenbrier River in the Monongahela National Forest (MNF). [...]
More Questions about NIOSH Facility
There are more, and ongoing, questions about the research facility that the National Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) wants to build on 461 acres in Randolph and Pocahontas Counties near [...]
Mountain Valley Pipeline – Latest Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Actions
By Cindy Rank The saga of pipelines appears to have no end. FERC As the courts continue to wrangle with the adequacy of permits from federal agencies (Fish and Wildlife, [...]
Last month The Highlands Voice reported that several groups had sued the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. They alleged that the DEP had changed the way it runs its mine bonding program [...]
Stream Crossing Permits Here and There
Stream Crossing Permits Here and There By Cindy Rank West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has once again linked arms with folks challenging the validity of the Keystone XL Pipeline permit for [...]
