Forest Service to release new report on Mountain Valley's impacts on Jefferson National Forest By Laurence Hammack laurence.hammack @roanoke.com 981-3239 Jul 31, 2020 Jul 31, 2020 0 Paths from felled trees line the forest on Peters Mountain just below the ridgeline, which the Appalachian Trail follows. The Roanoke Times | File 2018 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By Laurence Hammack laurence.hammack @roanoke.com 981-3239 Two years after a permit for the Mountain Valley Pipeline to pass through a national forest was struck down, a new plan will soon be unveiled.kAm%96 &]$] u@C6DE $6CG:46 A=2?D E@ C6=62D6 2 5C27E C6A@CE @? E96 A:A6=:?6’D 6?G:C@?>6?E2= :>A24ED E@ E96 y6776CD@? }2E:@?2= u@C6DE 3J $6AE6>36C[ 244@C5:?8 E@ 2 ?@E:46 AF3=:D965 %9FCD52J :? 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Related to this story Mountain Valley Pipeline construction won't jeopardize protected species, federal review says Construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, should it continue, is not likely to jeopardize five endangered or threatened species of fish, b… Mountain Valley seeks to resume construction of pipeline After a winter hiatus in construction that stretched into the spring, summer and fall, more that 4,000 workers are ready to return, company says. Forest Service report supports pipeline's route through the Jefferson National Forest A final decision is expected early next year for a portion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Giles and Montgomery counties. Federal appeals court delivers blow to Mountain Valley Pipeline In what environmentalists called a major victory, a federal appeals court on Friday struck down two key decisions allowing a natural gas pipel…
Mountain Valley Pipeline construction won't jeopardize protected species, federal review says Construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, should it continue, is not likely to jeopardize five endangered or threatened species of fish, b…
Mountain Valley seeks to resume construction of pipeline After a winter hiatus in construction that stretched into the spring, summer and fall, more that 4,000 workers are ready to return, company says.
Forest Service report supports pipeline's route through the Jefferson National Forest A final decision is expected early next year for a portion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Giles and Montgomery counties.
Federal appeals court delivers blow to Mountain Valley Pipeline In what environmentalists called a major victory, a federal appeals court on Friday struck down two key decisions allowing a natural gas pipel…
