On a clear August morning, Katie Whitehead cautiously wades through prickly bushes and knee-high grass to find a thin tree that’s been marked by a pink ribbon.
“This may be the corner of the property,” she said, looking around slowly. The property refers to her 169 acre loblolly pine tree farm that’s been in her family for almost 100 years.
The pink ribbon was likely left behind by surveyors from Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). The developer wants to build a 31-mile, 30-inch diameter natural gas pipeline. The project, dubbed MVP Southgate, is proposed to cut across her land, running parallel to four pipelines from Williams’ Transco she already has on her property…