March 23, 2018 was a sad day for us. Here is the devastation MVP (Mountain Valley Pipeline) left after just one day on our family farm lands that have been in the care of the Jones’s families for 10 generations. Eighty years of growth felled in 8 hours. It’s devastating and heartbreaking. Where is the outrage about all of our 5th amendment rights? It is unbelievable in 2018 after so many of our young men and women have courageously given their lives to protect citizen rights across the globe that US citizens are stripped of basic property rights just for big business profits. We can’t even bear to think of telling Dad what has happened. Unfortunately it is his legacy and he will have to be told. We have fallen so pathetically short of his expectations. He was so sure we could win this fight as long as we were on the side of all things good. We were blessed with an opportunity to take him home one more time the week before March 23, after a community prayer service held in Newport. He was able to look out over his mountains and valleys one more time without this ugly scar scraped across it. Lots of prayers will be needed going forward. For Dad. For Virginia and West Virginia. For all of our waters. For our whole planet. For all of our grandchildren’s future legacy. Thanks for your patience and endurance for the last 4 years while we were trying to stop this horrendous project from plowing through our beloved Appalachian Mountains. Thanks to the awesome young folks who are now guarding the trees in West Virginia. We are awed by your fortitude and selfless actions. We are still fighting for the day that we see a change in awareness and gratitude for our earthly home. You have our thanks and support. Please support them! They are working from their hearts for good things for all. Please support your local Preserve groups! They have been working tirelessly for four long years for their communities not their own back yards. Please support an environmental group! They are dedicated to the work of keeping us from ruining our own world.