Take Action
Help Friends of Blackwater protect precious and endangered land by taking the actions below!
Campaign for an Environmental Assessment for Core Drilling on the Monongahela National Forest
Send comments to the Monongahela National Forest calling for a full Environmental Review for core-drilling on the Monongahela National Forest for Corridor H Parsons to Davis
Target: Monongahela National Forest Service
Tell the WVDOH to Go North for Corridor H!
Sign Our Petition to tell the WVDOH to use the Northern Route for the Parsons to Davis section
Target: West Virginia Department of Highways
The WVDOH’s Canyon Route will obstruct scenic views of the Blackwater Canyon, destroy endangered species habitat, illegally disrupt the Blackwater Historic District, and divide the sister towns of Thomas & Davis.
Say No to Upper Cheat River Project! Save Trout, Bats and Stop Flooding!
Friends of Blackwater is very concerned about the Upper Cheat River Logging project. This poorly-planned project proposes to timber large sections of the Monongahela National Forest in the Upper Cheat River watershed (an area already being privately timbered). This project will cut trees on very steep slopes that will increase flooding and sediment deposition in the rivers and streams. In addition, opening the canopy will increase temperatures in cold-water streams that native brook trout require for their survival (see map). This project will also cut in Northern long-eared bat habitat, an endangered species currently in decline due to the human-spread white-nose syndrome. Cutting of large, older-growth trees, as outlined in this project, will have negative consequences for climate change as they store a much higher amount of carbon than small trees.
Sign Our Petition to Stop Timbering in the Upper Cheat River Watershed!
Target: Monongahela National Forest Service, Cheat River Ranger District
Say No to Timbering in Upper Elk Roadless Area!
The Upper Elk Roadless Area timbering is an ill-advised and illegal project. It would violate the Roadless Rule and damage habitat for the West Virginia Northern Flying Squirrel. Cutting these large trees will also lower the carbon sequestration rate of this forest, which is unacceptable during this era of global warming. The Forest Service should withdraw plans to timber in the Upper Elk Roadless Area, due to a lack of scientific evidence to warrant an exception to the RACR and the inherent danger to the WVNFS population that resides there.
Sign Our Petition to Stop Timbering in the Upper Elk Roadless Area!
Target: Monongahela National Forest Service, Marlinton-White Sulphur District Ranger
