Highland – Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance

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.

WV Highlands Conservancy files objection with Forest Service

The U.S. Forest Service’s (NFS) environmental assessment of one of its projects in the Monongahela National Forest is the subject of a strong objection filed January 3 by the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy (WVHC).

The Greenbrier Southeast project in the Monongahela National Forest,

2021 has been a consequential year of transition for ABRA

The past year has been an important year of transition for the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance. Among our accomplishments have been:

Transitioning from an organization dedicated to defeating the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to an alliance with the long-term goal of promoting and protecting the ecological integrity of the Central Appalachian Highlands region of Virginia and West Virginia.

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 Gauley Healthy Forest Restoration Project (GHFRP),

Recorder News Editor John Bruce passes away

John Bruce, long-time News Editor of The Recorder newspaper, which serves the Virginia counties of Highland and Bath, passed away suddenly the evening of June 9. John wrote brilliant articles in the Recorder over the past 7 years on the saga of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

Seven years ago this past week . . .

Seven years ago, this past week, landowners and local officials began receiving communications from Dominion Energy announcing its intention to build a natural gas pipeline from West Virginia to North Carolina. Initially called the Southeast Reliability Project, the project was renamed the Atlantic Coast Pipeline when Dominion formed a joint venture with Duke Energy for the project,