With huge swaths of Eastern forests up for grabs, the Conservancy moved quickly to protect 700,000 acres. But what will become of the woodlands that didn’t make the cut? [Virginia] a $231 million deal between IP and the Conservancy for…
Monthly Archives: August 2006
Grandfather National Scenic Area Volunteer’s Action List and Marching Orders
From Lamar Marshall Folks, It’s time to move and to move fast. An organization called the Southern Appalachian Multiple Use Coalition, a special interest timber group, is calling all our representatives and writing letters to newspapers in an attempt to…
EPA to Shut Down Libraries, End Access to Public Materials, Original Collections
From a PEER press release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving ahead this summer to shut down libraries, end public access to research materials and box up unique collections on the assumption that Congress will not reverse President Bush’s…
The Biggest Surprises Found in the Smallest Towns
Great Cacapon like Paw Paw is quite small. But the effort the townspeople put forth to support Ed and Pennies of Promise is great. On the steps of the United Methodist Church on Main St. in Cacapon, Ed spread the…
Would Joe Manchin Do This for the Children of WV? (Day 25)
It rained for the first time in month last night. Here in the Eastern Panhandle things have been really dry. For the last two nights we have been camping on the banks of the very beautiful Cacapon River. The peaceful…
Case Study: The Mexico Forest Fund
Last year, the government of Mexico began paying local landowners to maintain forests as a way of protecting local watersheds and ensuring the provision of watershed services. As the program enters its second year, the Ecosystem Marketplace takes a closer…
Blankenship and Frivolous Lawsuits
The Huntington News gives us some insight: Charleston, WV (HNN) — Citing a veritable “flood of lawsuits” filed by AT Massey and its CEO Don Blankenship in recent months, Democratic Party Chairman Nick Casey on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006 called…
New era: Sound logging without harm
That’s the goal of the merger between the Clayoquot first nations with Ecotrust Canada [Canada] After a decade of silence in the rainforests of Clayoquot Sound, logging is back, igniting a new debate over how much timber can be removed…
Green groups looking for other ways to fight forest plans
[Georgia] Environmental groups are searching for new ways to fight a batch of management plans in five Southeastern forests they fear could lead to more logging and road construction in pristine wilderness areas. After a two-year wait, the U.S. Forest…
