‘Discover Nature Day’ Set For June 7 At Seneca Rocks
Discover Nature Day is an effort by the U.S. Forest Service to expose the public to activities they can enjoy on public lands.
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Mountain Top Removal
Historic Floods Leave Rural Community With Questions
Moments after she ended the call the river had breached its five-foot banks. She looked up stream and saw waves of turbulent water coming towards her. "It literally looked like the dam opened," Anna Goodnight said.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCoal Production Drop Off Leaves Behind Unreclaimed Mine Lands
Coal has been “king” for most of the last century in West Virginia and central Appalachia, but in recent years, global market forces, governmental regulations and alternative energy sources like natural gas have reduced its dominance.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe Three Reasons Residents are Appealing the KD Mine No. 2
The Department of Environmental Protection’s Surface Mine Board held the first of at least two hearings focused on Keystone Indutries’ KD Mine No. 2…
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About 7 miles outside of Charleston sits 9,300 acres of protected land. The Kanawha State Forest is home to hiking and biking trails, campsites and a…
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Parties Agree to Resolve W.Va. Mine Runoff Lawsuit
Environmentalists and a landowner have agreed to resolve a lawsuit over runoff from a reclaimed mountaintop removal mine in Mingo County.Under a proposed…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsLogan Co. Mountain Top Mine Permit Revocation Stands
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a coal company fighting to reinstate a water pollution permit for a massive West Virginia strip mine.The…
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