More Drilling in the National Forests?
By John McFerrin The United States Department of Agriculture (parent agency of the United States Forest Service) has proposed new regulations that would diminish the role of the Forest Service [...]
It’s hard to believe that we are in October, but it is very evident witnessing the start of the annual transformation from green to the scarlet, purple, orange, yellow and [...]
The accompanying story discusses proposed regulations that would diminish the role of the National Forest Service in approving oil and gas development in the National Forests. Diminishing the role of the [...]
Groups Object to Mountain Valley Pipeline Stream Crossings
In May, 2020, The Highlands Voice reported on a United States District Court in Montana that had ruled that the United States Army Corps of Engineers had improperly allowed a pipeline crossing [...]
Meanwhile, in the Jefferson National Forest
So much for recent Corps and Fish and Wildlife actions. Also, on Friday, September 25th, the U.S. Forest Service released its proposal for the 303-mile pipeline to pass through the Jefferson [...]
Book News: Death in Mud Lick by Eric Eyre
Reviewed by Cindy Ellis A book on the opioid crisis might seem a stretch for readers interested in issues of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy. In the book no mountains [...]
New West Virginia Land Trust preserve a Mammoth undertaking
By Rick Steelhammer A 5,000-acre expanse of woodland and former surface mines along the Kanawha-Fayette County line east of Mammoth is being repurposed as a public recreation area and a [...]
By Jack Slocomb Must be that turn of year, days more dimly drawn, nib of freeze in the tighter twines of air, for those fat black polished crickets to be [...]
By Jack Slocomb Seneca Creek rises up out of ancient, wrinkled folds of earth, out of timelessness, an immense continuity. When I breathe in the space and the sweep from [...]
Learn the Straight Scoop on Climate Change
Late last month, the West Virginia Climate Alliance, an emerging coalition of environmental, civil rights, faith-based and civic organizations, released A Citizen’s Guide to Climate Change. The Guide outlines the science [...]
Hearing on Water Quality Rules Turns into Nothing
A September 23 hearing of the Legislative Rulemaking Review Committee on proposed water quality standards proved anticlimactic as the rules were taken off the agenda. The rule at issue has [...]
Strange Doings by Department of Environmental Protection in Eastern Panhandle
By Christine Wimer, President Jefferson County Foundation It is time for the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to stop catering to corporations and start protecting the environment. Jefferson County Foundation, based [...]
