Preserve Craig Files to Block Forest Service Permits This week we’ll hear from Gordon Jones. His statement to the US Court of Appeals as part of Preserve Craig’s lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service (FS) asks the court to block Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) from harming our mountains…
Preserve Craig files two new actions to block MVP this week The Jones family has lived on Sinking Creek for seven generations. Gordon Jones in Craig County and Donald Wayne Jones in Giles have been reporting to the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) and its surveyors about the important historic cemeteries…
Craig County asks FERC for consulting status – again Happy New Year! We are blessed to be living in this special place. And we go into 2018 optimistic that we will continue to protect Craig County and this region for generations to come. Thank you all for your continuing support!…
Bill Wolf, Co-Chair, Inc. This week Delegate Sam Rasoul joined landowners, local businesses and grassroots groups to challenge the 401-water quality permit for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. The permit was granted by the State Water Control Board (SWCB) despite objections and concerns…
PRESERVE CRAIG – Sustaining the Quality of Life We Value – December 13, 2017 State Pressures Water Board to Issue MVP Permit DEQ Colludes with Convicted Polluters to Force Approval of 401 License Last Thursday, December 7 was Pearl Harbor Day. While we will forever remember those who lost…
We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. We really have so much to be thankful for in this extraordinary community. We took a holiday and did not write a column for last week’s paper. But there was an extraordinary item in that November 22 New Castle Record – a…
~ Dozens of organizations and citizens file against FERC ~ Preserve Craig filed a scathing brief detailing the failings of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). Filed this week, it demands a review and halt to the FERC’s order. Nine other local and…
Here’s an update on the numerous regulatory and legal barriers blocking Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) from building its proposed massive high-pressure gas pipeline through Craig County, across the Appalachian Trail, and over the steep terrain of our National Forest. It is still facing appeals before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission…
Preserve Craig is urgently seeking tax deductible donations for the legal efforts to stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). Current focus is on blocking the Forest Service from changing its management plan, which would allow construction through Jefferson National Forest on very steep terrain. Since the launch of this effort, the non-profit…
Bill Wolf, Co-Chair Preserve Craig, Inc. Preserve Craig’s booth launched a new petition drive and an expanded fundraising campaign at the Craig County Fall Festival. Almost 200 stopped by and signed a new petition that will be submitted to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. It asks the state of Virginia to…
Preserve Craig will have a booth at the 35th Annual Craig County Fall Festival this Saturday. We’ll be in front of the Preserve Craig office on Main Street. Stop by and chat. We have lots to share, including some good news, as well as Stop the Pipeline T-Shirts, Yard Signs,…
This week we’ll provide an overview of the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), what it will take to stop it and the costs to do so. This horrendous project can and must be stopped, for the good of all the people. But it requires continuing opposition by citizens and legislators…
Preserve Craig – Sustaining the Quality of Life We Value Here is this week’s update — as bulleted news flashes: Check out the refreshed Preserve Craig website! http://www.preservecraig.org – special thanks to our new volunteers. You can meet them in the afternoon at Preserve Craig’s booth at the Fall Festival…
This Thursday, September 20, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is holding its first meeting since re-establishing a quorum with the Trump appointments. All of the commissioners now come from careers in support of the oil and gas industry. But, for this meeting, the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) is not…
Appalachian Trail makes list of 15 wild areas in U.S. at high risk of development for oil, gas and other resources New report shines spotlight on important wild lands that must be protected Roanoke, Va.—A new report released today by The Wilderness Society raises the alarm about the Appalachian…
Published at: https://www.newcastlerecord.com/opinion/preserve-craig-west-virginia-dep-withdraws-mvp-permit/ Bill Wolf, Co-chair Preserve Craig, Inc Last Thursday, September 7, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) cancelled the certification they had previously issued for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) to cross over 600 streams and rivers. In the face of a federal lawsuit the state…
Published at: https://www.newcastlerecord.com/opinion/preserve-craig-craig-county-water-supply-is-at-risk/ Bill Wolf Co-Chair Preserve Craig, Inc. Sustaining the Quality of Life We Value This week’s column poses some questions as part one of a series asking whether it is legal for our government to grant known criminals the right to take property for their use, profit and…
Published at: https://www.newcastlerecord.com/opinion/preserve-craig-sustaining-the-quality-of-life-we-value-2/ Bill Wolf Co-chair Preserve Craig, Inc We are making progress with efforts to stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline! As we reported, several Federal and State agencies must approve the MVP before it can proceed to take private land and harm this region. Thorough scientific and policy evidence…
Published at: https://www.newcastlerecord.com/opinion/protect-our-precious-water-resources/ Preserve Craig Bill Wolf Co-Chair Preserve Craig, Inc. Protect our precious water resources There are only a few days left to speak up about our valuable water resources — streams, springs, creeks and wells and help stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). This coming Tuesday, August 22,…
Posted at: https://www.newcastlerecord.com/opinion/preserve-craig-sustaining-the-quality-of-life-we-value/ Bill Wolf Co-Chair Preserve Craig, Inc. Last week we gave you an overview of the risks to our area of these proposed massive pipelines ripping through our mountains, valleys and waterways. Report #2 from Preserve Craig focuses on the current efforts to oppose the Mountain Valley Pipeline…
Published at: https://www.newcastlerecord.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-preserve-craig-sustaining-the-quality-of-life-we-value/ This is the first in a series, intended to update Craig County about the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). In 2015 hundreds of Craig County citizens participated in numerous public meetings about the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Over 2000 county residents signed petitions and spoke out in opposition to…
Published at: https://www.newcastlerecord.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-preserve-craig-inc/ By New Castle Record – July 25, 2017 To the New Castle Record and the citizens of our special part of Appalachia, Our Jefferson National Forest is about to be harmed and our water and quality of life severely damaged if we do not stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline…
Published at: https://www.newcastlerecord.com/top-stories/pipeline-battle-heats-up-in-court/ Signs of opposition to MVP at the Great Eastern Divide crossing on the Appalachian Trail, in Craig County view shed. Preserve Craig is dedicated to sustaining the quality of life we value. Preserve Craig volunteers have been working for over two years on behalf of the community…
The Preserve Craig Webpage is being renovated.
Preserve Craig Team Preserve Craig, Inc. is a 501C3 nonprofit corporation formed in 1991 using volunteers and donations to protect our natural, historical, and cultural resources. The address to send tax-deductible donations for this mission as allowed by law is: Preserve Craig,Inc., PO Box 730, New Castle, VA. 24127. PreserveCraig.org…