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(H/T Chris Joyell) Momentum is building for a bill that would designate 20,175 acres of the Pisgah National Forest as the Grandfather National Scenic Area (GNSA). In addition to protecting the Globe Forest, this designation would also permanently protect the views lie along the Blue Ridge Parkway from the Grandfather Mountain area in Avery County…

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 this ability, riparian buffers often are employed as an environmental management tool by resource management…

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 Rican National Forestry Fund that acts as an intermediary between the buyers and sellers. The…

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 something great, just by making it here. Frank Salzano and the Sheperdstown crew have shown…

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, asbestos is not harmful, [ Tony Turner, assistant director of the state’s indoor-air-quality program ]…

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 CAN NOT ALLOW COAL DUST TO POISON THE CHILDREN! 1-888-438-2731 or 1-304-558-6000 Not in West…

[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 colleagues at UVM’s Gund Institute for Ecological Economics have launched a project to solve a…

[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 not be the wisest course of action. In a review of 63 studies of the…

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 people down and poisoned us for over 120 years. Enough is enough!!!! I am so…