Indicators for Studying, Assessing and Evaluating Potential Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) Effects and Costs on West Virginia Public Lands

There are numerous parameters to be used in the study and evaluation which will serve as the indicators of the potential of ORV effects if permitted on…

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Board Highlights

We started off with the businessy business (reviewing the financial report, approving a budget for next year) and then listened to Dave Saville report on strong membership…

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Perry Is Right

In December, 2021, The Highlands Voice published an article asserting that carbon capture and storage is not all that it is cracked up to be as a tool to…

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Lexington Coal Clean-Up Plan for Mingo County Mines

By Mike ToneyA coal company responsible for some of the highest discharges of a pollutant with toxic effects for West Virginia’s aquatic life…

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Our Readers Write

Dear Editor,The January Voice had an essay from Perry Bryant in which he disputed part of Dr. Randi Pokladnik’s piece in the December…

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Supporting the Wilderness Climate:

The First Season of Dolly Sods Wilderness StewardsPart 3: The Seeds of PopularityBy Dave Johnston

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How to Fix the Unfixable

By Cindy RankWe’ve seen it before with coal and now it’s happening with gas.On the coal front we have…

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Conserving Birds in a Changing Climate

By Cynthia EllisWVHC, we think, was justifiably proud of the line-up of presenters arranged for our virtual Fall Review in 2021.  That pride extends…

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Book News

Appalachia’s Alternatives to Mainstream America by Paul Salstrom (University of Tennessee Press, 2021) Reviewed by Julian Martin and John McFerrin            This is a blend of…

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Doughnut Economics: Linking Environmental and Human Concerns with the Economy

By Jackie BurnsThere is a new idea among some modern economists that should be of interest to those of us long concerned about…

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