Sierra Club Virginia Chapter Requests Moratorium on Land-disturbing Activities in Candy Darter Critical Habitats

Card – Appalachian Mountain Advocates/Sierra Club – 3/14/22

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

The ACP was canceled but we still lost our land

Card – Appalachian Voices – 2/21/22

U.S. carbon pipeline proposals trigger backlash over potential land seizures

Card – Reuters – 2/7/22

Biden outpaces Trump in issuing drilling permits on public lands

Card – The Washington Post – 1/27/22

Will property owners who lost land to scuttled Atlantic Coast Pipeline get it back?

Card – NC Policy Watch – 10/28/21 Related: The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is dead. But for some WV landowners, it lives on

Stop whining about solar panels — we need more now

Card – Virginia Mercury – 8/4/21

EIS for Atlantic Coast Pipeline restoration still on schedule at FERC

A draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for restoration of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline route is still on track to be released by the end of July, according to conversations ABRA had this week with key staff at the Federal

Off-road vehicles on public lands: a growing issue in WV

Recent efforts in the West Virginia General Assembly to promote off-highway vehicles (ORVs) on public lands is a growing concern among conservation groups in West Virginia. In the 2021 session of the West Virginia General Assembly there were 8 bills

What Supreme Court ruling means for FERC, gas, pipelines

Card – E&E News – 6/30/21

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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.