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What are the effects of the Mountain valley pipeline on the community based on social and ecological implications? Various degrees of support and as well as backlash towards the pipeline (very polarizing).

The implications created after the building of the Mountain Valley Pipeline are impacted many avenues within the region of Virginia to West Virginia. The people within this region see the privately owned pipeline as a ‘government sanctioned land grab’, impacting not only the environment, but also the local economies of surrounding towns (Adams, Landowners along pipeline route, 2017).

The environmental concerns that arise due to the presence of the pipeline include threats to the streams, rivers, and drinking water along the route. Water contamination is a massive concern due to the creation of this pipeline as well as cutting through sections of National Parks including the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia and West Virginia along with the Appalachian Trail (Appalachian Voices, 2018).

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy has been a major advocate against the creation of the pipeline, arguing points including (Appalachian Trail Conservancy): Economic impacts are also a major concern with the building of the MVP (Phillips, Economic Costs of MVP, 2016). Some of the economic concerns include: * Impacts on the surrounding towns that get most of their revenue from tourism of the Appalachian Trial
 * The permanent damage of the scenic landscape of the Appalachian trail especially due to the need for a utility corridor around the pipeline that would ruin the scenic view for hikers along the trail
 * Concerns for nearby towns and communities due to water, safety, and water concerns. The lands picked for the building of the pipeline are most susceptible to soil erosion, landslides, and natural gas leaks
 * In order to push for the building of the MVP, the Forest Service lowered their standard for water quality, visual impacts, and destruction of the forest within the Jefferson National Forest Management Plan. There is an argument that due to this change, this would allow for other infrastructure project would take advantage of other forests and parks.
 * Decrease in property value for land owners near the pipeline
 * Loss of ecosystem service value due to the destruction of the of the water purification and recreational benefits of the land

Sources: 1. http://appvoices.org/tag/mountain-valley-pipeline/

2. https://www.mountainvalleypipeline.info/

3. file:///C:/Users/brownrs1/Downloads/EQT_MVP_Safety_Advertorial.pdf

4. http://www.roanoke.com/news/virginia/landowners-along-pipeline-route-sue-ferc-and-mountain-valley-pipeline/article_d62df8dc-d3c1-51fa-930d-5a5a27784eaa.html

5. http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/NewsDetailsPage/NewsDetailsWindow?disableHighlighting=false&displayGroupName=News&currPage=&scanId=&query=&docIndex=&source=&prodId=BIC1&search_within_results=&p=BIC1&mode=view&catId=&u=boon41269&limiter=&display-query=&displayGroups=&contentModules=&action=e&sortBy=&documentId=GALE%7CA498708696&windowstate=normal&activityType=&failOverType=&commentary=