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Category: Natural resource management

wish you were here postcard group
September 22, 2017 Natural resource management / West Virginia

West Virginia has not, up to the present time, done much with its scenery except to mar it

1908 report: “A good many things must be done before West Virginia will take its due rank as a resort for tourists, health seekers, and sightseers.”

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Walls of Jericho springtime
July 14, 2016 Alabama / Natural resource management / Parks

The Walls of Jericho

The Walls of Jericho gets its name, according to Jackson County AL legend, from a traveling minister who found the canyon in the late 1800s.

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Dr. Lucy Brown in the woods
July 10, 2015 Natural resource management / Ohio

Mapping the ecology of Appalachia’s hardwood forests

Dr. Lucy Braun contributed mightily to the fields of vascular plant taxonomy, plant geography, plant ecology, and land conservation.

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New River-Highlands Resource Conservation & Development Council logo
October 10, 2014 Natural resource management / Virginia

A People Of The Land

New River-Highlands Resource Conservation & Development Council works toward a modern rural community living in environmental harmony.

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evolving appalachia sites identified
August 22, 2014 Colleges & Universities / Natural resource management / Virginia

Beyond Citizen Science: Natural History as a Cultural Bridge in Appalachia

Evolving Appalachia allows users to contribute their wildlife sightings that become real scientific data alongside professional scientists’.

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    May 19, 2017
  • The Prophet Ezekiel; art ca. 1900 The Blood Verse
    March 7, 2008
  • John Shell in hat, with a cane World’s oldest man — Kentuckian John Shell
    July 5, 2019
  • cloverine salve and packaging Kids! Get rich selling Cloverine Salve!
    May 31, 2016
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    November 3, 2011
  • Source: Unsplash Appalachian Innovators: Untold Stories of Invention and Ingenuity
    July 16, 2024
  • The Southeast Floods of 1916 in North Carolina; Public domain image provided by NOAA Heavy Rainfall Events and Their Impacts in Appalachian History
    February 27, 2024
  • canning and pickling jars still life From Root Cellars to Larders to Modern Pantries: The Evolution of Food Storage in Appalachian Homesteads
    January 12, 2024
  • chef holds cluster of grapes to camera A Journey Through Appalachian Winemaking History
    November 9, 2023
  • 1930s Ford truck untended in a garage / Library of Congress The Historic Role and Contemporary Allure of Vintage Appalachian Farm Trucks
    September 7, 2023
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