
A slew of legal challenges and protestors has suspended construction on the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines.
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A slew of legal challenges and protestors has suspended construction on the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would renew funding for restoring abandoned coal mine sites — but it would also limit a wide swath of environmental protections.
The grassroots environmental group has helped to protect the natural resources within the Jefferson National Forest for 20 years.
The use of timber harvests and prescribed burns on national forest land is hotly debated by conservationists and forest users.
Industrial hemp could soon be legalized nationally under the 2018 Farm Bill, and Virginia could soon have up to five medical cannabis oil dispensaries in the state.
Conservationists, recreation enthusiasts, the timber industry and more have played a major part in the U.S. Forest Service’s ongoing effort to make major changes to the Nantahala-Pisgah National Forest Management Plan for the first time since 1994.
Chart showing how Appalachian legislators voted on recent environmental legislation.
Tommy Cabe is the Tribal forest resource specialist for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and a Tribal member from the Bird Town Community. He is also a member of the Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Partnership, a collaborative group of conservationists, cultural…