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The Mountains in Motion: Bridge Day!

Can't make it to Bridge Day in person? Here's a roundup of some of the best YouTube videos from Bridge Days past to make you feel like you're there!

Summer Camp with an (Environmental) Twist

It looked like your classic summer camp with the moon reflecting off the lake, mountains standing guard, a spacious dining hall and cabins.There were bonfires at nights and a talent show at the end...

Roanoke’s Water Solution: Carvin’s Cove

Sometimes the best ideas take the longest time to come to fruition. Just ask Rupert Cutler. A career environmental policy-maker and consummate negotiator, Cutler knows full well the gestation period for efforts to protect natural resources...

How Can You Help Conserve Your Region’s Water?

Ways you can do your part in water conservation.

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Fall Photo Contest-Win $100!

Bridge Day in Fayetteville, W.Va.

The Mountains in Motion: Bridge Day!

Can't make it to Bridge Day in person? Here's a roundup of some of the best YouTube videos from Bridge Days past to make you feel like you're there!

Summer Camp with an (Environmental) Twist

It looked like your classic summer camp with the moon reflecting off the lake, mountains standing guard, a spacious dining hall and cabins.There were bonfires at nights and a talent show at the end...
Carvins Cove Natural Reserve is the second largest municipal park in the country; the 800-acre lake within its 12,700 acres of land supplies surrounding areas with water.

Roanoke’s Water Solution: Carvin’s Cove

Sometimes the best ideas take the longest time to come to fruition. Just ask Rupert Cutler. A career environmental policy-maker and consummate negotiator, Cutler knows full well the gestation period for efforts to protect natural resources...

How Can You Help Conserve Your Region’s Water?

Ways you can do your part in water conservation.
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At Coopers Rock State Forest, new Stargazer cabins invite guests to look up through skylights and telescopes.
Country Roads

Even Closer to Almost Heaven

New Stargazer cabins at Coopers Rock State Forest offer a skyward escape in the mountains of West Virginia.

June 29, 2026
©Duncan Seaman
Country Roads

A Mountain Tradition Turns 90 

Visitors flock to Galax, Virginia, each summer for the Old Fiddlers’ Convention, a days-long celebration of Appalachian music.

June 29, 2026
Synchronous Fireflies
Creature Feature

The Light Fantastic

Fireflies are struggling with the effects of artificial light.

June 29, 2026

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