Dam on Cheat River on its Way Out
By John McFerrin There is a move afoot to remove the dam on the Cheat River which historically created the pool necessary for the operation of the Albright Power Station. The [...]
Summer has arrived and It has been fantastic watching Mother Nature accomplishing her annual transformation of our Highlands during the last couple months. Trees have leafed out in their different [...]
All You Need to Know about ATVs on Public Lands
The Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance Conservation Hub is a source for all manner of information on conservation issues of public concern. While much of the information it presents is public information, that public information [...]
Dolly Sods Wilderness Stewards Update
By Dave Johnston The Dolly Sods Wilderness Stewards are springing into the summer busy season at West Virginia’s most popular wilderness. Here is a recap of activities during June and [...]
And make your room reservation. The annual Fall Review of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy will be October 14-16 at North Bend State Park in Cairo, WV. Featuring: The mildly interesting to [...]
The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has joined with the American Bird Conservancy and numerous other groups in a formal request to the United States Department of the Interior and the [...]
Appalachian Power Weighs in on Carbon Capture
Earlier this year The Highlands Voice was home to a mini debate on the usefulness of carbon capture and storage as a tool to slow climate change. The December, 2021, January, 2022, and [...]
Doing Something about Abandoned Gas Wells
Do you have an oil and gas well operated by Diversified Energy on your property? If it is not producing, we want to hear from you -- and we can [...]
Boondoggle: The Appalachian Blue Hydrogen and Carbon Capture Hub
Why the oil and gas industry, the Biden administration, the AFL-CIO, and even some environmental groups support spending billions of taxpayer dollars on an economic and environmental absurdity By Sean O’Leary [...]
Royal Mimicry: Entomology Meets Etymology
By Katherine McFerrin and John McFerrin Summertime in North America is the breeding season for the Monarch butterfly, West Virginia’s state butterfly. Monarchs have a bold wing pattern of black [...]
An Unsettled Settlement and One Solution
By Hugh Rogers The West Virginia Division of Highways has taken note of local opposition to its Revised Original Preferred Alternative (ROPA) for Corridor H. Recently, it has circulated documents [...]
By Lenore Coberly A squirrel sees me, stops each cheek stretched by an acorn, then disappears under a hemlock, his drawn mouth, funny, forlorn. Monarchs crown butterfly bushes, in their [...]
States Get More Say over Water Permits
By John McFerrin States, including West Virginia, have gained more control over the issuance of permits under the federal Clean Water Act. Under the federal and state Clean Water Acts, [...]
