Entries by Kathleen Tyner

Trump Administration Moves to Undo Clean Water Protections

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 27, 2017 CONTACT: Angie Rosser, West Virginia Rivers Coalition, arosser@wvrivers.org, 304-437-1274 Trump Administration Moves to Undo Clean Water Protections Rule repeal puts sources that feed drinking water for 1 in 2 West Virginians at risk Washington DC – Today the Trump Administration put the sources of drinking water for more […]

Elkspedition Picnic & Paddle and Elk River Photo Map

One Year After Flood, WV Rivers Launches Elk River Photo Documentary Project WV Rivers invites volunteers to document lasting flood impacts to the Elk River in pictures Charleston WV — June 23, marked the one-year observation of the devastating flooding that impacted many parts of West Virginia. West Virginia Rivers Coalition is launching a crowd-sourced […]

WV Rivers’ Angie Rosser Recognized by the National Wildlife Federation

Angie Rosser Honored with National Wildlife Federation’s Charlie Shaw Partnership Award The National Wildlife Federation named Angie Rosser of the West Virginia Rivers Coalition the recipient of its 2017 Charlie Shaw Conservation Partnership Award. The award honors one person each year from among the Federation’s affiliates; WV Rivers is the NWF West Virginia affiliate. Rosser […]

A Paddler Goes To Washington

A Capitol Hill perspective from a West Virginia paddler By Dave Bassage To an outsider looking in, these seem like especially uncertain times in Congress. But what does it look like from the inside? I got a peek a few weeks ago, and offer my insights here. First a bit about me. I left a […]

June 2017

Group Launches Elk River Flood Photo – Mountain Media, 6/26/2017 Wanted: Your summer photos of Elk River – WCHS, 6/26/2017 Summer photos of Elk River being sought for documentary project – MetroNews, 6/26/2017 FERC issues final impact statement for Mountain Valley Pipeline – The Exponent Telegram, 6/23/2017 Chief of state river protection group receives NWF’s highest […]