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Music Festival-born from a community
effort to protect Bluff Mountain from logging.
forestkeeper.org
ɶ Dylan Jones, West Virginia:
Editor-in-Chief of Highland
Outdoors
Writer and photographer Dylan Jones
has been savoring West Virginia's wildest
places for more than 30 years. A lifelong
outdoor lover, Jones took over as managing
editor of Highland Outdoors in
2018-the only independent magazine
dedicated solely to the Mountain State.
Released four times a year, the publication
profiles outdoor leaders and shines a
spotlight on West Virginia's rich biological
diversity, burgeoning outdoor industry
and community conservation efforts.
Dispelling antiquated stereotypes sometimes
attached to the Mountain State
TOP TO BOTTOM:
and unpacking some of the most critical
environmental issues facing West Virginia,
this year, for instance, the publication
has documented the aquatic diversity of
the state's waterways, detailed a quest to
find the state's rarest native orchids and
delved into the reasons for the loss of red
spruce forests in West Virginia's rugged
highlands. highland-outdoors.com
West Virginia's Bear
Rocks in '21 became the
nation's 600th National
Natural Landmark.
Dylan Jones' Highland
Outdoors magazine
highlights West Virginia
natural wonders.
October Greenfield
is habitat restoration
coordinator at
Virginia's Piedmont
Environmental Trust.
ɶ October Greenfield, Virginia:
Virginia Grassland Birds Initiative
Co-coordinator, Habitat
Restoration Coordinator at
Piedmont Environmental Council
Over the last half century, more than
80% of America's grasslands have disappeared.
And, in the Southeast, the
loss has been even more extreme-only
about 10% of native grasslands remain,
and the majority are privately owned.
As the country's grasslands continue
to disappear, so do the birds relying on
them. Since 1970, over half of America's
population of grasslands birds has
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