North Fork Cherry News Today

Virginias General Assembly has killed legislation to address the declining menhaden population. The tiny forage fish are an important part of the food chain for sea life and a source of nutrients for people. The bill would have authorized a study of the reduction in menhaden across the Chesapeake Bay. ...

West Virginia environmental groups have sued the Forest Service for failing to protect streams in the Cherry River watershed from the impacts of coal hauling in the Monongahela National Forest. The watershed is home to the critically endangered candy darter, a freshwater fish striped in bright green and orange. But environmentalists say trucks brimming with coal are spilling harmful sediment and pollutants into its waters. ...

Center for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTON— Conservation groups sued the U.S. Forest Service today for failing to protect streams in the Cherry River watershed from the harmful effects of coal hauling in the Monongahela National Forest. Coal hauling imperils the critically endangered candy darter as well as nearby habitat for other endangered species.