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Book Note – Bearwallow: A Personal History of a Mountain Homeland

by Jeremy B. Jones. (Blair, 2014). 253 pp.

West Virginia Buzz: New Bee Campus in Morgantown

Many Blue Ridge region colleges are looking out for pollinators.

March/April Skywatch: Meet Leo the Lion

To many people, Leo really does outline the shape of a relaxing lion with its southwestern bright star, Regulus, representing a front paw.

Book Note – The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women: Stories of Landscape and Community in the Mountain South

edited by Kami Ahrens. (University of North Carolina Press, 2023). 268 pp.

First Proposal of its Kind: USFS Plans to Protect Old Growth

Conservation efforts affect national forests in four Blue Ridge states.

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Jeremy B. Jones. Bearwallow: A Personal History of a Mountain Homeland. (Blair, 2014). 253 pp.

Book Note – Bearwallow: A Personal History of a Mountain Homeland

by Jeremy B. Jones. (Blair, 2014). 253 pp.
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West Virginia Buzz: New Bee Campus in Morgantown

Many Blue Ridge region colleges are looking out for pollinators.
skywatch

March/April Skywatch: Meet Leo the Lion

To many people, Leo really does outline the shape of a relaxing lion with its southwestern bright star, Regulus, representing a front paw.
Kami Ahrens, editor. The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women: Stories of Landscape and Community in the Mountain South. (University of North Carolina Press, 2023). 268 pp.

Book Note – The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women: Stories of Landscape and Community in the Mountain South

edited by Kami Ahrens. (University of North Carolina Press, 2023). 268 pp.
Old growth and mature forests would gain protections in a USFS plan.

First Proposal of its Kind: USFS Plans to Protect Old Growth

Conservation efforts affect national forests in four Blue Ridge states.
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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
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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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