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Highlands Conservancy Kicks Off Initiative on Monongahela National Forest Volume 39 Number 3 March, 2006 West Virginia Highlands Conservancy: We’re Friends of the Monongahela National Forest HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY KICKS OFF INITIATIVE ON MONONGAHELA NATIONAL FOREST By Dave Saville Within this issue of the Highlands ways, dams, massive clear cutting of the for- forever vigilant, to protect the Mon. Voice, we are kicking off a new Highlands Con- ests, pipelines, power transmission lines, mis- It was the Highlands Conservancy in the servancy program called We’re Friends of the guided management, car races, ATVs, reck- 1960s that led the campaign to protect Dolly Mon! This program will coordinate our current Sods and Otter Creek as Wilderness. We filed efforts on behalf of the Monongahela National a successful lawsuit in the mid 1970s against Forest and gradually expand our work to in- large-scale clear cutting. This famous legal vic- clude more service projects like trail mainte- tory called “The Monongahela Decision” ulti- nance, stream and forest protection and resto- mately catalyzed legislation, sponsored by the ration efforts, and a more concerted effort to West Virginia delegation, called the National educate our membership and encourage their Forest Management Act (NFMA). This law engagement in projects and special uses of the changed how all National Forests would be Mon Forest. managed to this day. It limits the size of clear These are things we’ve always done; cuts and requires each National Forest to have we’re just working to better coordinate these a Management Plan specific to that Forest. efforts and increase our effectiveness. In 1983 a 12-year Highlands Conser- For over 40 years the West Virginia vancy campaign came to a successful conclu- Highlands Conservancy has been working to sion with designation of the Cranberry and Lau- protect and restore, and to help people enjoy rel Fork Wilderness Areas. and appreciate the Monongahela National For- less district rangers, gas exploration, and now est. Beginning in the mid-1960s, the group was an outright “For Sale” sign on 4,836 acres of (Continued on p. 6) founded, in large part, to address direct threats the Mon. All these issues, and more, have kept to our Wild Mountain Treasure, the Mon. High- us busy fighting, struggling, working hard, and What’s inside Thoughts from President Rogers 2 How to volunteer 10 Blackwater Canyon update 16 Roster of officers and committees 2 Mon Forest action alert 11 Readers write 16 Sago mine disaster 3 Future of wilderness designation 11 Speakers bureau 16 Spring review 4 How to join 12 Hats and shirts for sale 16 Fun stuff to do 7 History of Highlands Conservancy 12 New initiative on Mon Forest 8 Mining matters 13 Outings 9 Hiking guide 14 Selling the Monongahela National Forest 10 Wind energy travails 15 Visit us on the web at www.wvhighlands.org The Highlands Voice March, 2006 p.2 From the Heart of the Highlands Roster of Officers, Board Members and Committee Chairs by Hugh Rogers BOARD OF DIRECTORS Embattled Eminent Domain PRESIDENT: Hugh Rogers, Moon Run, Kerens, WV 26276, (304)636-2662, [email protected]. SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT: Peter Shoenfeld, HC 70, Box 553, Davis, WV 26260, (304) One day early in the current session of the West Virginia Legisla- 866-3484, (301) 642-2820, [email protected]. ture, two stories appeared in newspapers statewide. I wonder how many VICE PRESIDENT FOR STATE AFFAIRS: Julian Martin, 1525 Hampton Rd., Charleston, readers made the connection. WV 25314,(304) 342-8989, [email protected] VICE PRESIDENT FOR FEDERAL AFFAIRS: Vacant The first story noted the Legislature’s reaction to a decision by the SECRETARY: John McFerrin, 114 Beckley Ave., Beckley, WV 25801, (304)252-8733, United States Supreme Court that allowed local governments to condemn [email protected] land for private economic development projects. The House of Delegates TREASURER: Bob Marshall, 886-Z Divide Ridge Road, Kenna WV 25248 (304)372- had rushed through and sent to the Senate a bill that would prohibit such 7501, [email protected] PAST PRESIDENT: Frank Young, Rt. 1, Box 108, Ripley, WV 25271, (304)372-3945, uses of eminent domain in this state. [email protected] The second story noted the Legislature’s reluctance to continue bail- ing out Stonewall Resort, a luxury hotel, conference center, golf course, DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE (Terms expire October 2007) spa, marina, and more, in Stonewall Jackson Lake State Park. After ten Perry Bryant, 1544 Lee St., Charleston, WV 25301 (304)344-1673; [email protected] years, $18.5 million in grants, and $4.2 million in loans, the state would say, Carter Zerbe, 16 Arlington Ct., Charleston, WV 25301, (304)343-3175, “Enough!” The resort would have to make, or fail to make, its own bond [email protected]. George Beetham, 2819 Mt. Carmel Ave. #3, Glenside, PA 19038 (267) 252-3748, payments. The public-private partnership may finally become a purely pri- [email protected] vate development—an example of what the Legislature now purported to Barbara Weaner, Rt. 2, Box 96, Montrose, WV 26283 (304) 478-2123 , prohibit. [email protected] The dam that created the lake that attracted the investors (but not Buff Rodman, 32 Crystal Dr., Oakmont, PA 15139; (412) 828-8983; [email protected] enough visitors) was a project that had barely survived earlier legislative prohibitions. It’s a long, sorry, and cautionary tale for those who would set DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE (Terms expire October 2006) limits on eminent domain, that is, the government’s power to take someone’s Bob Gates, 1117 Virginia St.E., Charleston, WV 25301, (304)342-2624, land and give it to someone else. [email protected]. Helen McGinnis, P.O. Box 300, Harman, WV 26270 [email protected] Our nearest neighbor here in Randolph County is a refugee from the Don Gasper, 4 Ritchie St., Buckhannon, WV 26201 , (304)472-3704 project. She lived on one of three farms on Little Skin Creek that had been Russ McClain, 64 Wilmoth Run Road, Montrose, WV 26283 owned by her family for a hundred and fifty years. Facing eviction by the 304-637-2201 Corps of Engineers, she had nowhere to go in Lewis County. What good Bill McNeel, 1118 Second Ave., Marlinton, WV 24954, (304)799-4369 was “fair market value” where there were no available houses, let alone ORGANIZATIONAL DIRECTORS comparable farms? Not a few farmers who were given trailers on crudely NATIONAL SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY: Robert (Bob) Handley, HC 67 Box 508 Renick, scraped hillsides soon passed away from the trauma; others were killed by WV, 24966 497-2266, [email protected]. the prospect of moving. One widow, Barbara Heavener, who ran the Roanoke PITTSBURGH CLIMBERS: Jean Rodman, 32 Crystal Dr., Oakmont, PA 15139, (412)828- 8983, [email protected]. Nursery, was carried out of her house in handcuffs and chains. BROOKS BIRD CLUB: Cindy Ellis, RR 1, Box 163, Red House, WV 25168 (304) 586- 1800 people were removed from the “take” area. It was seen in the 4135 county as a battle between the farmers and the county seat. The dam’s MOUNTAINEER CHAPTER TROUT UNLIMITED: Christopher Byrd, 292 Magnolia original purpose was to protect Weston from floods. Twenty years ago, when Ave.Clarksburg, WV 26301 [304] 622-3023 [email protected] the dam was completed, Weston had a population of just over 6,000; now it WEST VIRGINIA RIVERS COALITION: Don Garvin, P.O. Box 666, Buckhannon, WV has just over 4,000. At this rate, in twenty more years the ratio between the 26201; (304) 472-8716; [email protected] DOWNSTREAM ALLIANCE: Craig Mains, 137 Hoffman Ave., Morgantown WV 26505, beneficiaries and the displaced will be nearly one-to-one. [email protected] If it were only a matter of flood protection, though, the dam would not FRIENDS OF THE LITTLE KANAWHA: Cindy Rank, HC 78, Box 227, Rock Cave, WV have been built. In nearly a century, from 1885 to 1980, all the damage from 26234, (304)924-5802. flooding on the West Fork amounted to between $25 and $28 million. Ac- COMMITTEE CHAIRS cording to then-Congressman Bob Wise, it would have been far cheaper MINING COMMITTEE: Cindy Rank, HC 78, Box 227, Rock Cave, WV 26234, (304)924- just to reimburse those affected. 5802. PUBLIC LANDS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE: Bob Marshall, 201 Virginia St.W., Even if the dam had been built solely for flood protection, our neigh- Charleston, WV 25302, (304)345-5518, [email protected]. bor would not have been forced to move. The Corps’ original proposal would OUTREACH/COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE: Julian Martin, , 1525 Hampton Rd., have formed a 2,000-acre lake. As it was finally built, it spread over 2,650 Charleston, WV 25314,(304) 342-8989, [email protected] acres. But the Corps took more than 20,000 acres. LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE: Frank Young, Rt. 1, Box 108, Ripley, WV 25271, (304)372- 3945, [email protected] What’s not under water is occupied by the park the state leased WIND ENERGY COMMITTEE: Peter Shoenfeld, HC 70, Box 553, Davis, WV 26260, from the Corps and turned over to be managed by the developer that can’t (304) 866-3484, (301) 642-2820, [email protected]. meet its bond payments. The resort’s ownership structure is so compli- ENDOWMENT FUND COMMITTEE: John McFerrin, 114 Beckley Ave., Beckley, WV 25801, cated that the Internal Revenue Service has no category to deal with its (304)252-8733, [email protected] RIVERS COMMITTEE: Don Garvin, P.O. Box 666, Buckhannon, WV 26201; (304) 472- taxes. All these complications resulted from a perversion of the process 8716; [email protected] that was supposed to restrain the Corps’ dam-building avarice.
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