The Rest of Blackwater Canyon to Become Part of the Monongahela National Forest
By John McFerrin The United States Forest Service has agreed to buy approximately 2,700 acres of land along the Blackwater River in Tucker County to add to the Monongahela National [...]
Save the Blackwater Canyon Trail
By Betsy Jaeger Lawson, West Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club One of the most popular hiking, biking, and cross-country skiing trails in West Virginia needs our help! The Blackwater [...]
It’s Getting Impossible to Beat the Heat
By Perry Bryant If you think that it’s been abnormally hot in West Virginia lately, you’d be right. Consider this summer in Charleston: June had 13 days with high temperatures [...]
Federal Agency Petitioned to Curb Bird Collisions With Commercial Buildings
The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy joined the Center for Biological Diversity, and 29 other bird and wildlife conservation organizations from 24 states filed a legal petition on Sept. 4, 2024, asking the [...]
Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Restoration Work Causing Even More Issues
By Dan Radmacher, Appalachian Voices Though Mountain Valley Pipeline went into service in mid-June, construction continues on the route as contractors work to complete final restoration of the right-of-way — [...]
Book Review: Walk, on the Mountain by Junior Walk
By Cindy Ellis When I was newly retired from teaching in public schools in West Virginia, I cast around for quite a while to find a pursuit for the energy [...]
Impact of Highway Construction on Our Quality of Life and Our Economy
From the Go North Corridor H Alliance The computer-generated simulated photos that WVDOH brings to our local information meetings and that appear on their website show a finished highway spiraling [...]
Members and friends of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy: We are excited to invite you to our Annual Fall Review to explore and celebrate conservation efforts throughout the West Virginia Highlands [...]
2025 West Virginia Legislature Preview
By Luanne McGovern The 87th session of the West Legislature will kick off on February 12, 2025. Since there will be a new governor in 2025, the Legislature “officially” kicks [...]
Making a Difference: Practical Actions That Individuals Can Take To Reduce Their Impact on Climate
According to data from Princeton University, 30 percent of the reduction in greenhouse gases as result of the IRA will be individuals taking action: installing heat pumps, buying EVs, etc. That’s important, [...]
