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Monongahela

Conservation Groups Scrutinize Monongahela Timber-Harvest Proposal

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  • – Public News Service – 1/18/22
Daniel Shaffer January 28, 2022 Regional Issues Read more

National Forest Integrity Project Launched by ABRA

ABRA has unveiled the first phase of its National Forest Integrity Project (NFIP).  The project, part of ABRA’s Conservation Hub, is a monitoring program created to track proposed and ongoing projects in the three National Forests that are located within the Central Appalachian Highlands (Monongahela in West Virginia and George Washington and Jefferson in Virginia).

Daniel Shaffer January 15, 2022 Pipeline Updates Read more

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,

Daniel Shaffer January 15, 2022January 15, 2022 Pipeline Updates 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 Gauley Healthy Forest Restoration Project (GHFRP),

Daniel Shaffer November 11, 2021 Pipeline Updates Read more

Greenbrier Southeast

Sponsor: National Forest Integrity Project
Developer: U.S.Forest Service

According to the US Forest Service, the Greenbrier Southeast project seeks to improve forest stand health and composition to improve future wildlife habitat and to provide for future commercial timber sales and economic projects.

Daniel Shaffer September 30, 2021February 25, 2022 Hub, Uncategorized Read more

Complaint filed to obtain records Forest Service is withholding

A complaint was filed August 3 with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to obtain information from the U.S. Forest Service that it has withheld for over a year about the proposed Gauley Healthy Forest Restoration Project (GHFR) within the Monongahela National Forest (MNF),

Daniel Shaffer September 2, 2021 Pipeline Updates Read more

Fourth Circuit Throws Out Forest Service Approvals for the ACP

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated on December 13 the U.S. Forest Service’s approval for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) to cross two national forests and the Appalachian Trail.  The Court’s 60-page opinion came on a case brought by several ABRA members and others that was argued on September 28 (see ABRA Update #200 for details). 

Daniel Shaffer December 14, 2018 Pipeline Updates Read more

USDA issues closure order for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline Project

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  • – WBOY News – 3/28/18
Daniel Shaffer March 30, 2018 Local & ACP Read more

Power bills, access at issue

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  • – The Recorder – 3/15/18
Daniel Shaffer March 16, 2018 Local & ACP Read more

Parts of Monongahela Forest to close during Atlantic Coast Pipeline construction

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  • – WVNS59 News – 3/9/18
Daniel Shaffer March 16, 2018 Local & ACP Read more

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The Allegheny Blue-Ridge Alliance (ABRA) is a coalition of conservation organizations dedicated to promoting and protecting the environmental integrity of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region, which encompasses the Central Appalachian Highlands area of Virginia and West Virginia.

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