The Return of the Mighty Chestnut

Unfortunately, many of our readers have never seen an American chestnut. The reason most of you have probably never seen a chestnut in real life (I’ve only seen seedlings) is because they all died. Well, okay, not all, but “virtually…

We were on the Radio

Okay, so you kind of missed it. That’s our fault. We totally should have let you know about it before, rather than after. Sorry. But yesterday Regina Donour, Headwaters president, and I were on WMMT’s “Mountain Talk,” with Mia Frederick…

The 303d List: A Primer

I was asked recently by our board to prepare a discussion on the processes in various states for developing the EPA’s 303(d) list of impaired waters. In attempting to do that, I discovered that I do not, in fact, understand…

Tree Planting this Weekend

On Saturday (the 21st), in conjunction with the Appalachian Coal Country Watershed Team (ACCWT) and the Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative (ARRI), we are coordinating a large tree-planting event. We will be planting roughly 2800 trees on 5 acres. We will…