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Virginia’s vanishing bee: State works to save rusty patched bumblebee

Card – Virginia Mercury – 9/8/20 Related: No critical habitat for this once-common bumblebee

Daniel Shaffer September 11, 2020 Local & ACP Read more

Fish and Wildlife Service Proceeding on Redrafting of New Permit

The biological opinion and taking statement issued for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and twice struck down by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (most recently in July of this year), is

Daniel Shaffer December 13, 2019 Pipeline Updates Read more

Federal court strikes down Fish and Wildlife permit for Atlantic Coast Pipeline

Card – Richmond Times-Dispatch – 7/26/19

Daniel Shaffer August 2, 2019 Local & ACP Read more

Pipeline permit vacated by court

Card – The Recorder – 8/01/19

Daniel Shaffer August 2, 2019 Local & ACP Read more

4th Circuit casts critical eye on Atlantic Coast permits

Card – E&E News EnergyWire – 5/10/19

Daniel Shaffer May 13, 2019 Local & ACP Read more

State scientists confirm more sightings of endangered bumblebee along pipeline route

Card – The Roanoke Times – 8/23/18

Daniel Shaffer August 31, 2018 Local & ACP Read more

Endangered bee believed in pipeline path

Card – The Recorder – 6/20/18

Daniel Shaffer June 22, 2018 Local & ACP Read more

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.

ABRA

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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