FRIENDS OF BLACKWATER AND THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY FILE JOINT COMMENT LETTER IN RESPONSE TO UPPER GREENBRIER NORTH TIMBER PROJECT.

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE COMMENT LETTER.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE MAP OF WEST VIRGINIA NORTHERN FLYING LOCATIONS (THE PURPLE CIRCLES) THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS PROJECT (THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED AREA)!

CLICK HERE FOR A MAP SHOWING TOWNS AND SCENIC AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS PROJECT!

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE PDF DOCUMENTS OF THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ON THE MONONGAHELA NATIONAL FOREST'S WEBSITE.

WE SAID WE WOULD AND WE DID! WE WON!!

Ginny Sails Back onto the Endangered Species List

Please click here to read our press release about this exciting development.

In a Precedent Setting Decision Federal Judge Emmet Sullivan ruled that “Ginny” the West Virginia Northern Flying Squirrel gets full federal protections under the Endangered Species Act.  The ruling against the federal government and the US Fish and Wildlife Service is effective immediately.   Friends of Blackwater has worked to insure full protection for Ginny for seven years and we have finally WON!!

Ginny is making headlines! Click here for the press releases from other groups and articles from various news outlets.

Click here to see Judge Sullivan's decision

Please click here to read our press release about this exciting development.

Click below to hear Ginny celebrating her victory! Want to hear Ginny's victory song again? Just click on the arrow located to the left on the playbar.

Click here to see video of our testimony to Congress on this issue.

Last Stand Made for Endangered West Virginia Northern Flying Squirrel
Coalition Files Suit to Restore Protections Stripped Away from “Ginny” by Bush

A coalition of conservation groups, including the Friends of Blackwater, Center for Biological Diversity, Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition, The Wilderness Society, and Wild South, filed suit on November 12, 2009 in federal court in Washington, D.C., seeking to overturn a Bush-administration decision stripping the West Virginia northern flying squirrel of protection under the Endangered Species Act.

Click here to read the Press Release.

Click here to read the Associated Press Coverage.

Click here to read the Complaint Filed in Federal Court.

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Coalition Challenges Ginny's Delisting!

60 Day Notice Filed April First!

For Immediate Release

April 1, 2009

Contact:
Christopher Lancette, The Wilderness Society (202) 429-2692
Judy Rodd, Friends of Blackwater, (304) 345-7663

Flying squirrel: Bush’s prank still not funny
Environmental groups call on Obama to restore protection for endangered species

WASHINGTON – George Bush has been out of office for more than two months on this April Fool’s Day – but the West Virginia northern flying squirrel certainly isn’t laughing at the pranks the former president pulled. His administration removed the charismatic squirrel from the endangered species list last August, leaving the loveable rodent hanging in, well, mid air.

Click here to read the Press Release in its entirety..

Click here to read the 60-day Notice.

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Click here for videos of Flying Squirrels

Click here to watch Judy Rodd's Congressional Testimony.

For additional information about the WV Northern Flying Squirrel please click here or visit www.saveoursquirrel.org

SOS! Save Our Squirrel!

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ADOPT A NORTHERN FLYING SQUIRREL!
Help Save “Ginny’s” Babies!

By adopting one of Ginny's babies you will be helping to us advocate for this rare species and litigate to bring back full federal protection, under the Endangered Species Act, for the West Virginia Northern Flying Squirrel. These adoption packets make great gifts for young or old! Click the button below to adopt your WV Northern Flying Squirrel baby now!