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Fighting future fires

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  • – US Forest Service – 4/13/22
Daniel Shaffer April 20, 2022 Big Picture Read more

In A David Versus Goliath Battle Between NGOs And A Pipeline Company, Goliath Is Losing

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  • – Forbes – 4/2/22
Daniel Shaffer April 12, 2022 Regional Issues Read more

With construction at a standstill, Mountain Valley Pipeline looks for solutions

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  • – The Roanoke Times – 3/20/22
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Daniel Shaffer March 28, 2022 Regional Issues Read more

4th Circuit declines to rehear on Forest Service decision on MVP

An appeal by Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider the decision of a three-judge panel to vacate the Forest Service permit for the project was rejected by Court on March 25.  This leaves the MVP the option,

Daniel Shaffer March 28, 2022 Pipeline Updates 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 educate the public and legislators regarding the impacts on West Virginia’s public lands. 

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

Mountain Valley Pipeline loses permit to cross through Jefferson National Forest

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  • – The Roanoke Times – 1/25/22
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  • Court deals major blow to Mountain Valley
    pipeline
Daniel Shaffer January 28, 2022 Regional Issues Read more

Fourth Circuit Vacates Two Key MVP Permits

The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated – for the second time – the approvals granted by the U.S. Forest Service (NFS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) to cross 3.5 miles of the Jefferson National Forest. 

Daniel Shaffer January 28, 2022February 11, 2022 Pipeline Updates 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

Forest Service faces new pressure to boost timber harvests

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  • – E&E News – 10/4/21
Daniel Shaffer October 8, 2021 Big Picture 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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