I had been afraid to go up on Bolt Mountain ever since I started feeling explosions. I just didn’t want to see. I knew there was no way a rational reaction could come from seeing what I knew was there.
I feel protective of Bolt Mountain. That may have something to do with the fact I [...]
The Guyandotte (Bolt) mountain range is located within the Allegheny Plateau Physiographic Province of southern West Virginia.
Ivy Knob is the highest place in the Guyandotte Mountain range (3620 ft.). While this area is composed of many habitat types some of the tree species occurring here include: poplars, oaks, maples, hickories, box elder, intermingled among red [...]
Regrettably - today is the last day of Blogging For Appalachia Week. I am thrilled at the response and awareness the program has generated and hope interest doesn’t get lost on the topic.
I sincerely want to thank the Outdoor Bloggers Summit for first initiating the challenge and second for the huge response from it’s members. [...]
I warned you I was going to rant about MTR on this blog and this post is evidence.
I was *watching a video earlier today and in the video a representative of the coal association justified mountaintop removal by saying flat land is in short supply in West Virginia.
I’ve heard it so much. West [...]
My friend Mark stopped by tonight things are going AOk with the new baby. I was about out of my crutch - pepsi - and he volunteered to take me to the store. It was already after dark and when he turned on his headlights I saw the neighborhood deer herd bedded down less than [...]
This is just a quick post to remind readers of “Blogging For Appalachia Week.” The OBS issued a challenge centered around MTR. The link list in the right sidebar under Blogging For Appalachia are links to sites that are either participating in the challenge from OBS, are spreading the word as part of my Blogging [...]
Appalachian Voices
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I am in no way associated with Appalachian Voices, ILoveMountains.org, or VBS.TV except to say that we are all trying to accomplish the same goal - Education and Awareness.
It looks like I am going to be getting on your nerves for awhile. I’ve been totally disabled until the end of April. Complications from the amputated fingers on the same hand as the broken thumb contributed to the extended disability.
I’m glad for that in only one way - I can continue my crusade unimpeded.
I’m [...]
Cool Water by The Sons of the Pioneers
A reminder - Coal Company Hit With E.P.A.’s Largest Civil Penalty - Published: January 17, 2008 - NYTimes
This song is an old cowboy song and is about a man and his horse chasing a mirage across the desert. I thought it fit pretty well with an important issue [...]
Continue reading about Mounatintop Removal, Final Poll Results
The contributions/sacrifices we have made -
to be ignored.
