Wilderness Press:

Mon Forest Plan Update

November 15th, 2005 - Charleston Gazette

Elkins Intermountain letters to Editor

October 19th, 2005 Elkins Intermountain 

October 7th, 2005 Charleston Gazette Opinion Editorial 

August 12, 2005 - Charleston Gazette - Conservationists begin campaign against changes in forest plan

August 8, 2005 - The Dominion Post - Forest not out of the woods, yet; Public comment period set to start on revised plan for Monongahela

August 7, 2005 - Charleston Gazette - Group plans to fight change in Mon Forest plan; Proposals would weaken protection of forest and allow more logging, environmentalists say

August 2, 2005 - Charleston Gazette - Plan would allow more logging in Mon; Federal proposal includes four new wilderness areas

Earlier articles

Wilderness Protection Campaign Begins by Rick Steelhammer

Into the Wilderness by Rick Steelhammer

2 West Virginians receive Wilderness Awards by Rick Steelhammer in the Charleston Gazette

West Virginians take 2 of 5 National Wilderness Awards, Campaign for American's Wilderness Press Release

Ed Zahnizer's speech at 40th Anniversary Rally

Senator Byrd's Speech Commemorating 40th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act 
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Statement by Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito Commemorating 40th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act

Interview with Congressman Nick Rahall

-Senator Byrd's Wilderness Speech

-Wilderness in the Blood: Ed Zahniser's address to WVHC                 

-West Virginia's current Wilderness areas

-Ed Hamrick on wilderness

-Defining Wilderness                                                                 

-The Monongahela National Forest and the WV Economy

-Wilderness Preservation: It Began in the East!                  

-The National Wilderness Preservation System