Friedman’s goes ‘green’ with Plan-It Hardware

By Front Porch Blog Editor | April 1, 2007 |

[California] Plan-It Hardware and Friedman’s Home Improvement have announced the introduction of the new Green It Yourself campaign in the three Friedman’s stores in Santa Rosa, Sonoma and Ukiah. The company selected hundreds of products that offer the greenest option in many hardware categories including paints, lawn-and-garden, housewares and cleaners, plumbing, and lighting. Selecting green…

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Across Appalachia

By Appalachian Voices | April 1, 2007 |

West Virginia: New River Gorge threatened by massive development A real estate developer has proposed a 2,200-home development along ten contiguous miles of the rim of the New River Gorge in Fayette County. The Atlanta-based development firm, Land Resource Companies, hopes to complete the purchase of 4,300 acres by the end of February. If it…

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Letters

By Appalachian Voices | April 1, 2007 |

Dear Appalachian Voice, I enjoy reading Appalachian Voice and appreciate and support the good work that your organization does for our regional environment. I have a comment regarding Jay Kranyik’s article, “Leaves of Three, Let It Be” in the last (Early Winter 2004) issue. I have always suffered from at least a moderate poison ivy…

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Appalachian Treasures Wraps Up Successful Spring Tour

By Appalachian Voices | April 1, 2007 |

The Appalachian Treasures Project brings its four-month spring tour to an end this month. Danny Dolinger took to the road in April to build a national network that will end mountaintop removal coal mining. Danny reports: “It’s been very heartening to meet so many decent, involved people who universally are shocked & appalled when they…

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Across Appalachia

By Appalachian Voices | March 31, 2007 |

Tennessee: New Law Allows Citizens to Comment on Water Permits On June 7, the Tennessee state legislature unanimously passed a bill that will allow citizens to comment on pollution and water quality permits for the first time in 30 years. Prior to the bill’s passage, when a polluter applied for a permit, there was no…

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Longleaf Restoration & Management Information Forum

By Front Porch Blog Editor | March 31, 2007 |

The Longleaf Alliance hosts an informational forum with postings on longleaf restoration and management. Topics include longleaf pine establishment, exotic species control, prescribed fire, groundcover restoration, upcoming events, and news items. News notes are courtesy of Southern Forests Network News Notes www.southernsustainableforests.org

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Letters from Readers

By Appalachian Voices | March 31, 2007 |

Dear Appalachian Voice I am a woman who’s life yearning is to help, heal, and save the world and its living beings. I pray many hours a day and night for healing of us and the other living beings including plants and animal kingdoms. I yearn to be praying with others-all people to want us…

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Across Appalachia

By Appalachian Voices | March 31, 2007 |

Alabama: Snails Back from Supposed Extinction The Nature Conservancy of Alabama has reported that three species of snail thought to have been extinct for decades have been spotted in the Coosa and Cahaba rivers in Alabama. Jeff Garner, a biologist and mollusk researcher for the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources stumbled across the…

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