Who We Are

We are a local group of citizen advocates working to protect West Virginia's enviornment, culture, and heritage for future generations.

Mountain Lakes Preservation Alliance formed in February of 2014 during the Global Frackdown. We met at LaPaix Herb Farm, then owned by Myra Bonhage-Hale. We came from several different counties: Lewis, Gilmer, Upshur, and Harrison, and saw that we all had a common goal: to stop, or at least slow, the dreadful toll extractive industry, specifically the gas industry, was taking on our precious water resources and quality of life.

Several of us were already visiting our county commissions every week, so we decided to join forces and support each other in the imporant work of educating our public officials, our friends, and the general public about the dangers of fracking and pipelines.

We are currently working toward 501(c)3 status, and are working in tandem with several other advocacy organizations.

Clean water, soil, and air are essential to a good quality of life.

We want everyone to understand how important it is to have clean, fresh water, fertile soil we can cultivate, and clean, mountain air for generations to come. We want West Virginia to be a place people want to come to to work, retire, and raise families. We believe that extractive industry puts all this at risk. We want to change our public policy and diversify our economy into sustainable sources of energy and employment. We believe it can be done if we all join together. The fight will be long and difficult, but we believe West Virginia is worth saving. Join us  in our fight.

We believe West Virginia is a national treasure and She deserves to be protected!

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