2002 – Issue 1 (March)

As the official public comment period closed last week for the Southern Forest Resource Assessment, new information obtained under the Freedom of Information Act documents that timber industry representatives had inside influence as official peer reviewers of the study prior to its public release. Several of these timber giants harvest trees in Virginia, including Westvaco,…

A coalition of 28 national, regional and local conservation organizations notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) in February that the agency has violated the Endangered Species Act by failing to respond appropriately to the coalition’s petition to list the Cerulean Warbler as a threatened species. The groups, including Appalachian Voices and the National…

If someone were to tell you that the largest mountain roadless area east of the Mississippi River was in danger of being bisected by a road which would essentially go nowhere and serve no purpose, what would your reaction be? The Northshore Road, also known as the “Road to Nowhere,” is back on the playing…