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Become a Citizen Scientist! Help Conduct Water Quality Monitoring Related to Corridor H Construction
The Rivers Committee of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has partnered with Friends of the Cheat, West Virginia Rivers Coalition, Trout Unlimited, Corridor H Alternatives and members of the public […]
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A Better Route for Corridor H
By Hugh Rogers Our story so far, Parsons to Davis chapter: The West Virginia Division of Highways (DOH) has been sued before over its Original Preferred Alignment (OPA). A settlement […]
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Corridor H: Whose Highway?
By Hugh Rogers An elected official in Tucker County asked me where I was from. “Randolph County,” I said. “Kerens.” “Off the mountain,” she said. I nodded. Then she told […]
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Corridor H’s Construction Company Facing Fines
By John McFerrin From the project’s beginning the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has opposed Corridor H. Even when it was only an idea–with nothing on the ground—we thought it was a […]
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A Better Direction for Corridor H
By Hugh Rogers Word came in early August that the West Virginia Division of Highways (DOH) was “re-starting” the disputed Parsons-to-Davis section of Corridor H. Questions would be answered at […]
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Corridor H: Cease and Desist!
By Hugh Rogers The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued a cease-and-desist order to Kokosing Company, which is building a 7.5-mile section of Corridor H in Tucker County. […]
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Corridor H: Must a Bad Project Be Badly Done?
By Hugh Rogers One day last September, I drove over to the Cherry Fork end of South Haddix Trail in northern Randolph County. Our friend Barbara Weaner, who lives at […]
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Putting the Brakes on Corridor H: A Brief History
By Hugh Rogers In early July, I got a call from a free-lance writer in Michigan. She was doing a piece on Corridor H for a magazine called Construction. Part […]
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Corridor H Highway
Corridor H Highway: The Billion Dollar Boondoggle Saving pristine areas from highway construction was one of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy’s organizing principles. As the major four-lane highway project known […]
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October 2024 Board Highlights
By John McFerrin The fall board meeting came on the last day of the Fall Review. We were just ending a successful Fall Review where we achieved the trifecta: had […]
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