RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The nonprofit Nature Conservancy has partnered with private investors to acquire more than a quarter-million acres (102,000 hectares) of working forest land in the Appalachian coalfields. The group on Monday announced details of its Cumberland Forest Project, which covers 153,000 acres (61,900 hectares) in southwest Virginia and 100,000 acres (40,500 hectares) […]
