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Youngkin administration sets stricter runoff rules for solar farms

Card – Virginia Mercury – 4/18/22

Daniel Shaffer April 20, 2022 Regional Issues Read more

Questions on MVP’s environmental impact continue in the courts

Challenges to the environmental impacts of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) have continued in the past week in two federal court proceedings. On April 1, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals refused an appeal by the pipeline’s owners to reconsider

Daniel Shaffer April 12, 2022 Pipeline Updates Read more

Protecting West Virginia’s Public Lands from Expanded Use of ORV/ATVs

Sponsor: West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Developer: Lobbyists & Legislators in WV Lobbyists and legislators have persistently promoted off-highway vehicle recreation on West Virginia’s public lands, Federal and state, for the last two years. For obvious reasons, the West Virginia Highlands

Daniel Shaffer February 25, 2022February 25, 2022 Hub Read more

Off-road vehicles pose threat to public lands

A new project added this week to ABRA’s Conservation Hub highlights the growing threat off-road-vehicles (ORVs) pose to the environmental integrity of public lands.  Sponsored by the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, the project includes an interactive online map to help

Daniel Shaffer February 25, 2022February 25, 2022 Pipeline Updates Read more

The Mountain Valley Pipeline Can Never Be Completed—Time For Everyone to Admit It

Card – Common Dreams – 2/19/22

Daniel Shaffer February 25, 2022 Regional Issues Read more

Conservation Groups Scrutinize Monongahela Timber-Harvest Proposal

Card – Public News Service – 1/18/22

Daniel Shaffer January 28, 2022 Regional Issues Read more

‘Make it more environmentally sound’: Citizen group takes on popular Southwest Va. trail network

Card – Virginia Mercury – 1/19/22

Daniel Shaffer January 28, 2022 Regional Issues Read more

Mountain Valley Pipeline has a terrible record. Why would regulators let it go forward?

Card – Virginia Mercury – 11/12/21

Daniel Shaffer November 22, 2021 Regional Issues Read more

WV Highlands Conservancy voices concerns over forest project

A proposed project in the Monongahela National Forest (MNF) has evoked strong concerns from the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy (Conservancy), the state’s most prominent conservation organization and a founding member of ABRA. The stated purpose by the MNF of the

Daniel Shaffer November 11, 2021 Pipeline Updates Read more

Randy Kesling: Protecting trout relies on rigorous pipeline oversight

Card – Charleston Gazette-Mail – 6/19/21

Daniel Shaffer June 25, 2021 Regional & MVP, Regional Issues Read more
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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.

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The Allegheny Blue-Ridge Alliance Is dedicated to promoting and protecting the environmental integrity of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region and the surrounding  Central Appalachian Highlands of Virginia and West Virginia.

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Rick Webb, Executive Director
Dan Shaffer, GIS Administrator

Post Office Box 96
Monterey, Virginia 24465

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