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Make a Silvery Checkerspot’s Day

Like so many of our native plants, the virtues of the Rudbeckias were recognized by English gardeners centuries before they were considered worthy of inclusion in American flower gardens. That’s right. Centuries.

Fabulous Foxgloves

Not only do they thrive in shade, they self-seed, require little care and are attractors of hummingbirds.

Mountain Report: Old News & New News

Mountaintop removal mining is still in the courts, and the hemlock woolly adelgid is moving faster than thought; elsewhere, wind farms, a new conservation easement and air pollution legislation are coming into being.

The Mountain Report: Relocating Elk, Fighting Mountaintop Removal

Hundreds of people turned out for public hearings held by the Corps of Engineers in October in Appalachia as the agency considers a major change in how it permits mountaintop removal coal mining...

Reader Favorites: Melungeon Mystery Solved? Or Opened to Further Exploration?

Twenty years ago, this magazine introduced the work of Brent Kennedy on his heritage as a Melungeon. The specifics of that research and a recent DNA study do several things, not the least of which is renewing and deepening interest in who we are...

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Black-eyed Susans are magnets for Silvery Checkerspot butterflies, who nectar on their flowers and lay their eggs on their foliage.

Make a Silvery Checkerspot’s Day

Like so many of our native plants, the virtues of the Rudbeckias were recognized by English gardeners centuries before they were considered worthy of inclusion in American flower gardens. That’s right. Centuries.
Foxgloves

Fabulous Foxgloves

Not only do they thrive in shade, they self-seed, require little care and are attractors of hummingbirds.

Mountain Report: Old News & New News

Mountaintop removal mining is still in the courts, and the hemlock woolly adelgid is moving faster than thought; elsewhere, wind farms, a new conservation easement and air pollution legislation are coming into being.
Native elk disappeared in Virginia in the mid-19th century. State officials are considering repopulating southwest Virginia with Rocky Mountain elk.

The Mountain Report: Relocating Elk, Fighting Mountaintop Removal

Hundreds of people turned out for public hearings held by the Corps of Engineers in October in Appalachia as the agency considers a major change in how it permits mountaintop removal coal mining...
Wayne Winkler: “There are still a great many possibilities open for exploration.”

Reader Favorites: Melungeon Mystery Solved? Or Opened to Further Exploration?

Twenty years ago, this magazine introduced the work of Brent Kennedy on his heritage as a Melungeon. The specifics of that research and a recent DNA study do several things, not the least of which is renewing and deepening interest in who we are...
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