The new year is weeks away and ABRA is ready to meet the challenges of 2021:

We are poised to review the soon-to-be-released restoration plans for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline route and to monitor closely the implementation of those plans to assure they are completed satisfactorily.

We continue to provide technical assistance to member and allied organizations fighting the unneeded Mountain Valley Pipeline.

The new ABRA Conservation Hub program, including a first-in-the-nation National Forest Mapping Project, is progressing in its development and should be fully operational in early 2021.

ABRA’s vital network of conservation organizations in Virginia and West Virginia remains ready and vigilant to any threats to promoting and protecting the environmental integrity of the Central Appalachian Highlands.

This important work needs your financial support to assure its success. Please help by contributing to the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance – by check or on-line – as follows:

By check: Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance, PO Box 95, Monterey, VA 24465

By PayPal: Click here. (Note: PayPal contributions are subject to a handling fee, paid by ABRA, thus reducing the amount of the contribution that is received.)

Giving Tuesday May Be Over, But Contributions to ABRA Are Still Timely

ABRA CONSERVATION HUB

ABRA’s Conservation Hub program promotes responsible resource management by providing access to critical information needed for effective public involvement in environmental review and oversight.

Following the defeat of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline in 2020, ABRA initiated the Conservation Hub to support informed public engagement with the broader range of environmental issues confronting the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Mountain region. The Conservation Hub builds on the analysis and information sharing capacity achieved through ABRA’s Pipeline CSI project during the years of ACP opposition.

The Conservation Hub is based on the use of GIS mapping to provide details and context for land development projects and management practices that involve risk of environmental harm, as well as for environmental preservation and restoration initiatives. The Conservation Hub also provides access to regulatory documents and assessments related to specific projects or issues.

Multiple Conservation Hub sites, focused on individual projects or issues, have been developed collaboratively with ABRA’s partners and allies. Going forward, we invite conservation groups, individuals, and communities to provide ideas for new Hub sites and GIS mapping that can contribute to informed public engagement on behalf of environmental integrity in the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region.