Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit issued a stay of the biological opinion and incidental take statement under the Endangered Species Act for the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
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Federal court stays Mountain Valley Pipeline’s biological opinion again
TAGS: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals appalachian mountain advocates Center for Biological Diversity Chesapeake Climate Action Network Endangered Species Act Indian Creek Watershed Association Jefferson National Forest mountain valley pipeline Preserve Bent Mountain Preserve Giles Sierra Club U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Forest Service West Virginia Highlands Conservancy West Virginia Rivers Coalition Wild Virginia
U.S. Forest Service ignores responsibility to protect Jefferson National Forest
Today, for the third time, the U.S. Forest Service has revised the rules of the Jefferson National Forest Plan to allow the harmful Mountain Valley Pipeline to be constructed through national forest in Giles and Montgomery counties, Virginia, and Monroe County, West Virginia.
TAGS: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Jefferson National Forest mountain valley pipeline U.S. Forest Service
Future of Mountain Valley Pipeline called into question as fracked gas project receives another crucial setback from Fourth Circuit
CONTACT: Dan Radmacher, (540) 798-6683, dan@appvoices.org Morgan Caplan, (443) 986-1221, Morgan.Caplan@sierraclub.org Washington, DC — Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit invalidated the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approvals for the Mountain Valley…
TAGS: 4th circuit Bureau of Land Management Jefferson National Forest mountain valley pipeline U.S. Forest Service
Clean water advocates sue to stop political pressure to bail out Mountain valley Pipeline
Washington, D.C. — Community and clean water advocates today sued to reverse a U.S. Forest Service decision about the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) that was rushed through under political pressure from the lame duck Trump administration. The Forest Service…
Trump administration rams through final Forest Service analysis of controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline
After almost 8,000 people called on the U.S. Forest Service this fall to prevent the fracked-gas Mountain Valley Pipeline from cutting through public land in Virginia, the agency today issued a final report supporting changes to its own environmental standards…
TAGS: EIS forest service frack Jefferson National Forest mountain valley pipeline mvp national forest Pipeline trump usfs
Environmental Groups Reach Agreement with Forest Service for Timber Sale
After three years of deliberations with environmental groups, the U.S. Forest Service reduced the acreage of a timber sale in the Jefferson National Forest and took other measures to protect water quality.
TAGS: commercial timber Jefferson National Forest Pickem Mountain The Clinch Coalition U.S. Forest Service
The Clinch Coalition Celebrates 20 Years
The grassroots environmental group has helped to protect the natural resources within the Jefferson National Forest for 20 years.
TAGS: Clinch Ranger District High Knob Naturalist Rally Jefferson National Forest The Clinch Coalition Volunteer
Hidden Treasures #6: Virginia
The Jefferson National Forest’s Guest River Gorge Trail and George Washington National Forest’s Mt. Pleasant are both well worth visiting.
Where Does Your Forest Stand with the Plan?
A summary of where each national forest in Central and Southern Appalachia is in the forest planning process.
TAGS: allegheny national forest Chattahoochee National Forest Cherokee National Forest Daniel Boone National Forest forest plan George Washington National Forest Jefferson National Forest Monongahela National Forest national forest Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests sumter national forest US Forest Service wayne national forest
