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West Virginia Highlands Conservancy
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West Virginia’s oldest environmental advocacy group—working to defend our natural resources since 1967. Become a WVHC member today! 💪⤵️

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West Virginia’s mountains need defenders. 💪 Join the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy to help protect clean water, public lands, and the natural integrity of our Mountain State. 🧡

Become a member today: https://www.wvhighlands.org/membershiprenewals/
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Big thanks to everyone who showed up this morning to stand with us outside the Air Quality Board hearing.

We’re proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with Tucker United, the Sierra Club, and so many others saying no dirty data centers in West Virginia.

Peaceful, powerful, and united. 🧡
November 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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The Air Quality Board will meet to consider an air permit for a massive gas-powered plant proposed to fuel a data center in Tucker County. Let’s show up and make our voices heard!

We encourage those in the area to join our respectful, peaceful rally outside the building to show our opposition.
November 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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📅 Today, 1–1:45 p.m. | WVHC Fall Review panel: The Future of Climate Action and the Clean Energy Transition with Mary Anne Hitt (Climate Imperative). Learn from one of Appalachia’s leading climate voices on where the movement goes next. 💪
November 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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📅 Today, 11:15–12 p.m. | WVHC Fall Review panel: The Launch of the Climate Movement and Where We Go From Here with Rafe Pomerance. Hear from one of the early architects of global climate action. 🌎
November 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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📅 Nov. 1, 3:15–4:00 p.m. | Fundamentals of Organizing at the Fall Review with Tyler Cannon (WV Citizen Action Group). 

Learn how to track bills, contact lawmakers & organize your community to drive change for WV’s environment. 📣

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October 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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📅 Nov. 1, 7:15–8 p.m. | Fall Review panel: Candy, Diamonds, Rainbows & More with former fisheries biologist Cameron Layne. 

Explore WV’s unique stream fishes, species found nowhere else, & the challenges facing our waterways. 🐟

🔗 Link below to register.  www.wvhighlands.org/event/wvhc-f...
October 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Last chance to register for WVHC’s Fall Review, Oct. 31–Nov. 2 at Blackwater Falls! Join us for panels, hikes, live music & more — and thanks to our sponsors for making it possible! 🧡

Silent Auction: wvhc.betterworld.org

Register for this weekend: ⤵️ www.wvhighlands.org/event/wvhc-f...
October 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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📅 Nov. 1, 2:05–3:05 p.m. | Looking Back, Moving Forward panel at the Fall Review with Ken Ward Jr., Pam Moe, Rafe Pomerance & Jim Kotcon. 

Hear from WV’s veteran environmental heroes on lessons learned & hopes for the future. 🌿

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October 22, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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📅 Nov. 1, 11–12 p.m. | West Virginia’s Legislative Landscape panel at the Fall Review with Mike Jones, Lucia Valentine and Delegate Evan Hansen. Learn how state policy shapes WV’s lands, waters & renewable future—and how citizens can drive change. 🌿
October 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Green Drinks is coming to Lewisburg! 🍻

Join us Oct. 30, 6–8 pm at Greenbrier Valley Brewing Co. for “Don’t Mine the Mon!”—a community conversation about protecting the Monongahela National Forest.

RSVP: info@wvhighlands.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy’s Fall Review will be kicking off with a costume party and live music from Helicopter Collective at Blackwater Falls State Park! 🎃🎶

Free admission, all are welcome—come celebrate the season, and the start of a great weekend!
October 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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📅 Nov. 1, 9:40–10:40 a.m. | Fall Review panel: Federal Policy & Appalachia with Harry Manin, Lyndsay Tarus & Quentin King. Learn how DC policy impacts WV’s lands, waters and people. 🌎

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October 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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The West Virginia Legislature is pushing HB 2014, a bill that would strip away local control, making it easy for data centers to be built anywhere without community input. Speak up now to stop HB 2014 and protect Tucker County—and every small community in West Virginia: bit.ly/3FNzI1u
Massive data centers, no local say. A massive natural gas power plant—likely to support a large data center—is being proposed just north of Davis in Tucker County. Local officials had no idea it was coming. At 500 acres and with more generating power than Mount Storm, this facility would bring major environmental risks: air pollution, diesel storage, strain on water resources, and round-the-clock noise and light—approximately two miles from the towns of Thomas and Davis. Take action now!
April 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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HB 2014 is moving fast in the West Virginia House. It gives massive data centers a free pass to ignore local zoning, use unlimited water, and strain our power grid with zero community input. The bill is on second reading in the house today. Take action: bit.ly/4i0Dke7
March 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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We know it’s almost the weekend, but before we head out to enjoy our beautiful public lands, we need to act RIGHT NOW to protect them. Tell members of the Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to vote NO on SB 711 and keep ORVs out of our state parks. TAKE ACTION: bit.ly/4ikJ7M6
A new proposal in the West Virginia Legislature is once again taking aim at our state parks and forests Senate Bill 711, which will be discussed in the Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Monday, March 17 at 1 p.m., would remove protections that currently keep off-road vehicles (ORVs) from expanding into many of our public lands—including state parks, forests, wildlife management areas, and rail trails.
March 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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📢 WE NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK BEFORE 1 P.M. Let’s remind our representatives that our parks are not here to generate profit for private industry. Send a quick note to your representatives here: bit.ly/4ikXwb2
March 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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West Virginia outdoor lovers—your voice matters! 🌳 Take this quick survey to help shape the future of outdoor recreation in our state: surveymonkey.com/r/wvscorp
February 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Last night at the National Youth Science Academy’s Monday Night Science program, our Program Director, Olivia Miller, shared WVHC’s coloring book with a group of curious young nature lovers! Seeing their excitement and creativity was a great reminder of why protecting these wild places matters. 🧡
February 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Since 1965, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has fought to protect WV's natural treasures. We defend forests, rivers, and mountains, champion wilderness, and promote responsible management. Join us in keeping the Mountain State wild and wonderful! ⛰️

🔗 Learn more through the link in our bio!
January 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM