• A Tiny Little Update

    Posted by danrad on August 31, 2018

    In August, the Voicereported that the Land and Water Conservation Fund is in peril.  The Land and Water Conservation Fund is funded by part of the royalties from offshore…


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  • THE ATLANTIC COAST PIPELINE’S TIMELINE OF DEFIANCE

    Posted by danrad on August 31, 2018

    Assembled by Rick Webb, Highlands Conservancy Board Member and Chair of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance CSI Program When the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved construction of the ACP in…


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  • One Bird’s Story

    Posted by danrad on August 31, 2018

    By LeJay Graffious Maggie Perl returns from the net lanes with several brown paper bags, each labeled with a bird alpha code and twisted at the top to create a…


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  • Building the Banding Building

    Posted by danrad on August 31, 2018

    By LeJay Graffious The small banding building is only used for about 2 months and is assembled and taken apart each year.  The idea for a shelter began in 1979,…


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  • Where do the birds go from here?

    Posted by danrad on August 31, 2018

    By LeJay Graffious Joan Bell Pattison maintains the recovery data related to the AFMO. Fewer than 100 birds banded at AFMO have been found away from the station. This rate…


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  • Banding Birds for Over Six Decades

    Posted by danrad on August 31, 2018

    By LeJay Graffious Each year, in late summer through early fall, volunteers gather near Red Creek campground on the Dolly Sods Wilderness Area, to help with banding efforts of migrating…


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  • Wanted: Membership and Fulfillment Secretary

    Posted by danrad on August 31, 2018

    After eleven+ years in the position, Beth Little is retiring and resigning her position at the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy. Because of that THE WEST VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY, the state’s…


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  • Remembering Ben Stout

    Posted by danrad on August 31, 2018

    By Cindy Rank Ben Stout, father, teacher, friend, scientist, ecologist, activist and lover of life, died August 3, 2018.  Since then there has been an outpouring of fond remembrances from…


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  • Annual Meeting

    Posted by danrad on August 31, 2018

      West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Fall Review 2018 And Annual Meeting Experience Learning Inc. Spruce Knob Mountain Center 18…


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  • Thoughts from our president

    Posted by danrad on August 31, 2018

    The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy (WVHC) has received a contribution from the Explorers Club of Pittsburgh (ECP) in the memory of former ECP club members George Bogel and Robert…


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