Proposal to Timber in State Parks Dead (we think)
As The Highlands Voice goes to press the proposal to timber in West Virginia’s State Parks is almost certainly dead. What began as a rumor reached the status of conventional [...]
The February 2018 Highlands Voice was dominated by great articles and informative information concerning issues with the legislation introduced, at the request of Governor Justice, to allow commercial logging in [...]
By John McFerrin For years, if not decades, persons in the know about the West Virginia Legislature have been offering the observation that “fat possums run late.” For a while [...]
The Central Appalachian Spruce Restoration Initiative: 2017 Highlights
Year-End Review View in PDF here. We are pleased to share highlights of the Central Appalachian Spruce Restoration Initiative! CASRI is a diverse partnership of private, state, and federal organizations [...]
Community Organizing Summit hosted by the Appalachian Gas Working Group
The Appalachian Gas Working Group invites grassroots groups, organizations, activists, and socially conscious folks who are interested in efforts to end public harm from oil and gas extraction, and its [...]
Tri-State Water Defense Public Forum
Curious about all the fracking, pipelines, and the fracked gas liquids storage hub/petrochemical complex proposed for our area? Then come to this public meeting! We will have short films, speakers, [...]
ATVs in Cabwaylingo State Forest?
There is currently a bill in the West Virginia Legislature (SB 498) which would establish a pilot project to allow all terrain vehicles in Cabwaylingo State Forest. As of press [...]
Only Way Around Law for Atlantic Coast Pipeline Is to Trample Over It
By Beth Little The Atlantic Coast Pipeline could not be built through the Monongahela National Forest without violating the law, so the law has been suspended. I will explain. I [...]
WV E-Council Battles @ Legislature
By Frank Young As this is written we are but 8 days from the end of the WV legislature’s 2018 regular session. At this stage if things move at all [...]
West Virginians for Public Lands Hosts a Volunteer Leadership Workshop
Ready to take your public lands activism beyond writing letters to decision makers? Ready to inspire others in your community to act? You’re ready to be a West Virginians for [...]
Compliance Surveillance Initiative: THE SEVEN STEPS OF INCIDENT INVESTIGATION
By Rick Webb, Chair, Pipeline CSI, Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance Construction of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) presents an extreme risk to water and other environmental resources. We cannot solely [...]
EPA Still “Listening” on the Clean Power Plan
On November 28 and 29, 2017, the United States Environmental Protection Agency held a public hearing in Charleston on the repeal of the Clean Power Plan. To read all about [...]
By John McFerrin Even if West Virginians are called Mountaineers, have we been lured by the idea of flat land? Were we so charmed by the promise of flat land [...]
One Hundred Years of Bird Protection Now Threatened
By Jackie Burns Imagine you are a duck on migration. Flying high overhead, the view is great. But it is getting to be time to rest and feed, so you [...]
