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By J. Lawrence Smith Hudkins October 2009 NON-PROFIT ORG U. S. POSTAGE Address Service Requested P A I D PERMIT NO. 1409 CHAS WV 25301 Friends of Blackwater AWP AGAIN THREATENS LOGGING IN BLACKWATER CANYON page 3 CHIEF LOGAN STATE PARK DRILLING CASE HEADED TO SUPREME COURT page 4 CANAAN VALLEY FUNDRAISER PICTORIAL page 8-9 Also Inside: Ginny Needs Your Help page 2 Congressman Rahall Blackwater Hero 2009 page 2 Second Round of Drilling Permitted on Fernow page 3 J.R. Clifford Project Welcomes Megan Lowe page 4 Cordie Hudkins Stands Up to Illegal Drilling page 5 Future Dim for Hemlock page 5 Washington: A Man of the Land page 6 NFWP Begins Work on New Thomas Trails page 7 Potomac Boat Club Fundraiser A Success! page 10 Cheerful Chickadee page 10 Dolly Sods and Uncle Sam page 11 Donor Recognition page 12 Your Comments on Blackwater Canyon page 14 In Memory and Honor page 15 Protect Chief Logan State Park page 16 Membership Form page 16 Holiday Gift Ideas page 16 Photo ©Canyon Rim Photography, Bob Jordan, see page 15 Photo ©Canyon Rim Photography, Working to protect West Virginia’s Highlands, the Blackwater River watershed and the Blackwater Canyon. 501 Elizabeth Street - Charleston, WV 25311 H 1-877-WVA-LAND H fax 304-345-3240 H www.saveblackwater.org H [email protected] October 2009 October 2009 From the Director AWP Again Threatens Logging in Blackwater Canyon On September 4, 2009 Allegheny the Forest Service gate on the Canyon Rail AWP would be violating the Endangered Board of Directors Breaking News – Ginny’s Lawyers Say Truffles Wood Products (“AWP”) notified the West Trail. Species Act, and undermining the role of the Virginia Sierra Club that AWP might begin This action by Allegheny Wood Fish and Wildlife Service in protecting the Judy Rodd - President logging operations in the Blackwater Canyon Products violates the intent of the Habitat natural resources of the Canyon. Paul Hill - Vice-President Won’t Pay Filing Fees -- Your Help Needed Now! after 60 days from the notice letter. Then, Conservation Plan agreement AWP entered Logging would also reduce the Jeannie Dalporto - Secretary on September 8, 2009, AWP gave the West into with the Fish and Wildlife Service in conservation and recreation value of the Here’s the transcript of a recent three-way Virginia Division of Forestry plans for building 2002. Under this agreement, AWP received Canyon. We do not need any more of Donna Cook - Treasurer phone conversation among “Ginny,” the West a logging haul road along the Blackwater $165,000 of taxpayer dollars -- to do surveys the most dramatic, pristine, uninhabited Mary Krueger Virginia northern flying squirrel; environmental River -- from Hinchcliff Lumber at Hendricks, for the endangered species of the Canyon, tracts of wild land in West Virginia to be going upstream to across the river from in order to avoid harming them. The plan riddled with roads and tree stumps! West Tom Rodd lawyers Eric Glitzenstein and Jessica Almy in Washington, DC; and FOB Director Judy Rodd. also calls for avoiding and/or mitigating Virginia Governor Joe Manchin, we hope David Hammer any effects AWP would have on the you can act quickly to forestall any further Paul Fantetti Eric: Ginny, we are going into federal court species habitat. landscape degradation -- by purchasing all this month to get your protection back. We need to Now AWP is apparently of the private land in the Canyon, as soon Advisory Board pay filing fees and cover our expenses. What can you abandoning the Habitat as possible. Conservation Plan, and Supporters of the Blackwater Canyon, Karen Coria come up with? taxpayers have received please let Governor Manchin know you Annie Dillard - Author Ginny: Well, it has been a bad year for mast in nothing in return! By want the Blackwater Canyon purchased and West Virginia -- and the truffles that I dig out of the degrading a portion of this brought into public ownership. Kitty Dooley, Esq. forest floor aren’t what they used to be, with more critical species habitat with Larry Groce - Director, logging of big trees. But I’ll see what I can do! road building and logging, Mountain Stage Jessica: I don’t think the court clerk and our Jason Halbert landlord will take truffles, Ginny, although I’m sure Alan Karlin, Esq. they are delicious. Department of Not Learning From Your Mistakes: Patrick McGinley - Ginny: I understand that they are a great delicacy for humans! And I don’t have any money! Second Round of Fernow Experimental Forest Drilling Permitted Professor of Law On September 4, 2009, with last year’s West Virginia laws that prohibit well drilling request, no matter how damaging. Judy: Ginny, you are rare and endangered, and you have enough stress in your life. We know that Eric drill pit sites still oozing toxic water into the in West Virginia State Parks -- see story at “The Monongahela offers a textbook Deborah McHenry, Esq. and Jessica need dollars to make this case go forward. So we will call on our Friends of Blackwater supporters Fernow Experimental Forest in Tucker County page 4). example of how drilling should not be Rafe Pomerance - for help! You get back to showing your babies how to soar through the mountain air! (the Forest is near Blackwater Canyon) -- the Background on the Fernow: Last done on a national forest,” stated PEER former US Deputy US Forest Service approved a second request year, U.S. Forest Service scientists at the Executive Director Jeff Ruch, who obtained Assistant Secretary of to do deeper drilling on the same site. Fernow in Parsons tried in vain to prevent a gas hundreds of agency records under the State for Environment West Virginia Congressman Under the Forest Service-approved drilling and pipeline project that threatened Freedom of Information Act. “Unless the Joe Riffenberger - permit, toxic drilling fluids will be injected an underground cave system that shelters Inspector General intervenes we will see Wildlife Biologist Nick Rahall Receives 2009 again next to an endangered bat cave -- endangered bats, created toxic runoff, and more train-wrecks like what occurred on the with “land application” of drilling pit fluids. damaged long-term forest ecology research Monongahela when the price of natural gas J. Lawrence Smith - Blackwater Hero Award Friends of Blackwater supports the scientists plots. Forest Service leaders rebuffed its begins to rise again.” Author at the Fernow who were blatantly overruled specialists’ efforts to moderate project Steve White, Esq. On September 24, 2009, a warm and in their objection to the drilling proposal. The impacts on the Monongahela National Forest beautiful evening, Friends of Blackwater new drilling was approved without a federal in West Virginia and even blocked attempts Titles for identification purposes only. supporters gathered in Georgetown, environmental review, or consultation with to obtain advice from agency lawyers. DC, at the historic Potomac Boat Club the Fish and Wildlife Service. Public Employees for Environmental Staff on the Potomac River at the terminus of Four thousand new gas wells were Responsibility (PEER) has asked the the C&O Canal. The revelers looked out drilled in Pennsylvania over the past year, Department of Agriculture’s Inspector Judy Rodd, Director from the 19th century boathouse at many disgorging about 9 million gallons of General to review what occurred during 2008 John Brown energetic rowers, kayakers, canoeists – wastewater a day, according to industry on the Fernow Experimental Forest, which and later, as evening fell, at the slow, estimates used by state environmental include: decisions to evade Endangered Lori Halderman ever-changing, sparkling sunset on the regulators. Everyone realizes that gas Species Act consultation rules despite Megan Lowe river. Appalachian music from the fiddle drilling in West Virginia is increasing at a reports that the drilling may be harming and hammered dulcimer of Sam and Joe rapid rate. We must take sensible action Big Springs Cave, one of the largest winter Betsi Lusher Herrmann filled the air. There was lots of now to protect our air, water, and land – hibernacula of the endangered Indiana bat Brandae Mullins good food, drink, and conversation. and especially our public lands, our homes, on public land; refusal to address ponds of Congressman Nick Rahall attended and accepted the Blackwater Hero of the Year for 2009. As Chairman and our communities – from the hazards toxic drill pit fluids that threaten wildlife and of the House Natural Resources Committee, Rahall works tirelessly to protect rare and endangered species posed by this activity. (That’s why Friends killed vegetation; and blocking requests for across the nation, and especially “Ginny” the West Virginia northern flying squirrel. of Blackwater has joined the Highlands guidance from the agency Office of General Thanks, everyone, for coming out and supporting FOB! Conservancy, and former West Virginia State Counsel to sort through complex resource Parks Chief Cordie O. Hudkins to support issues instead of acceding to each industry Page 2 Page 3 October 2009 October 2009 WVDNR Joins Chief Logan State Park Drilling Case Cordie Hudkins Still has West Virginia’s State Parks in his Heart; Case Now Headed for Supreme Court Stands Up to Illegal Drilling On October 9, 2009, Parks as well – like Babcock,Blackwater Below: A Marcellus Shale Gas Well Drilling Site After Cordie graduated from high staff cutbacks, the budget was $30 million the West Virginia Falls, Canaan Valley, Cedar Creek, (photo courtesy WVSORO.org) Division of Natural Pipestem, Twin Falls, and school, he spent four years working his -- without an appreciable appropriation Resources joined an Watoga. A lot is at stake way around many of the Western states increase in the $5 million received from important lawsuit – so we say Thanks! to -- enjoying the beautiful scenery, and the Legislature each year.
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