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Most of the world’s flowering plants, including fruits and vegetables, rely on pollinators like birds, bees and butterflies to reproduce. But while these pollinators are a vital link in the natural world, they are also increasingly at risk.
Meet some of Appalachia’s pollinator species and learn what residents and beekeepers can do — and are already doing — to help them thrive.
Across the region, many communities continue to face threats from fossil fuels. This issue examines the EPA’s efforts to deregulate coal ash and how residents in the path of new fracked-gas pipelines are fighting back. We also survey the state of coal mining under President Trump and explore how coal companies are avoiding paying for mine land reclamation.
Often tiny in size, these bees, birds, butterflies, moths and more play an enormous role in nature
The struggle to ensure coal companies properly restore disturbed land on former coal mines without pushing the cost onto communities continues, while a clear connection between the coal company and the current administration becomes more clear.
Tree-sits, legal battles and more have sprung up in response to the natural gas pipelines being proposed and built across the region.
Tips to make your yard a haven for colorful moths, hummingbirds and more.
How the predominately African-American neighborhood of Walnut Tree in Stokes County, N.C., won clean water and local voting rights.
The Trump administration’s proposal to roll back federal coal ash safeguards gives more leeway to states — and advocates worry that would put drinking water at risk.
Hiking the Highlands
Adventures Await at Hidden Rocks
Naturalist's Notebook
Meet Appalachia’s Pollinators
This Green House
An Innovative Biochar System
Member Spotlight
Member Spotlight: Mike McKinney
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