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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 the message for the children of Marsh Fork Elementary. Please show your support in the…

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 land in 10 Southern states, secured 212,000 acres of some of the most biologically valuable…

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 kill our Grandfather National Scenic Area bill before it gets off the ground. Here’s what…

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 proposed budget reductions, according to agency documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility…

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 word still further about the Marsh Fork Elementary School. The reaction to Ed’s story has…

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 river has rejuvenated our road tired spirits. It is really a luxury in our eyes…

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 look at how the fund has operated, what people are saying about it, and how…

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 on Republican legislators receiving financial support from Blankenship to call on their financial patron to…

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 without harming the ecosystem, and what benefits will it bring to the sound’s communities. Corlazzoli…