The goal of this report is to synthesize the existing scientific literature on the effectiveness of riparian buffers to improve water quality through their inherent ability to process and remove excess anthropogenic nitrogen from surface and ground waters. Due to…

J Henry Fair has an amazing gallery of coalfield pictures, including Marsh Fork and Kayford Mountin Appalachian Voices has an MTR photo gallery as well. The pictures will make you cry, but there is nothing like the real thing.

The Costa Rican payment for ecosystem services program leverages public-private partnerships to protect and restore forest land. In most instances, private water users contribute one-quarter of the total amount paid to landowners with the other three-quarters coming from the Costa…

Ed has been telling us from day one, that when he makes it to Sheperdstown he will know in his mind that he will have made it. Well we are here, and it definitely feels as though we have accomplished…

An exciting new piece in the Charleston-Gazette: At Marsh Fork Elementary federal inspectors claim to have found both coal dust AAAAANNNNDD… asbestos? Two parts to this story are telling… As long as it doesn’t crumble or get into the air,…

It is now urgent that you contact the Governor. 1-888-438-2731 or 1-304-558-6000 Tell WV Governor Joe Manchin… … that you stand with Ed Wiley, …support his walk, …support the building of a New Marsh Fork Elementary School, …and that we…

[Vermont] the science of “ecosystem services” has bloomed. This young discipline studies how nature ”through climate regulation, soil formation, crop pollination, flood protection, and so on” supports human welfare, and estimates its value in economic terms. Now, Costanza and his…

[Georgia] When a non-native plant appears on the scene, resource managers sometimes suggest introducing one of the non-native plant’s non-native predators to control it. New research by John D. Parker of the Georgia Institute of Technology, however, suggests this may…

Jordan’s film-making and Ed’s resolve are only getting stronger! Judy Bonds says it best over at Pennies of Promise: I just want to tell you again how much I admire you for standing up against forces that have beaten our…

Ed is just 120 miles from Washington DC. This is the home stretch. But he can’t do it without your support. Pledge just .10/mile for this man who has trekked through record-breaking heat, torrential rain, and dangerous roads to spread…