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West Virginia State Parks
STATE PARKS WestVirginia! 7 6 5 4 3 13 10 9 14 1 Hawks Nest Cass Scenic Railroad State Park 2 Pipestem Resort 8 3 Blennerhassett Island 4 Prickett’s Fort 1 5 Cacapon Resort 6 Berkeley Springs 11 7 Coopers Rock 12 8 Cass Scenic Railroad 2 9 Canaan Valley Resort 10 Blackwater Falls 11 Chief Logan 12 Twin Falls Resort 13 North Bend 14 Stonewall Resort Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park wvstateparks.com Call for a comprehensive guide for all WV State Parks, 304-558-2764 CONTACTS Pipestem Resort: [email protected] Blennerhassett Island: [email protected] Cass Scenic Railroad: [email protected] Central Parks Office: [email protected] West Virginia State Parks Here are just some of the 49 best places to visit Prickett’s Fort State Park Hawks Nest State Park 304-658-5212 [email protected] • Scenic overlooks • Lodging year-round • On-site restaurant • Aerial tramway • Whitewater and zipline nearby Pipestem Resort State Park 304-466-1800 Prickett’s Fort State Park West Virginia maintains [email protected] 304-363-3030 • Full-service with lodge, cabins, [email protected] and operates 49 parks and campground, restaurants • Historical with living history • Golf • Visitors center with easy bus forests, all open to the • Birding access off I-79 near Fairmont public without admission • Nature programs • Interactive interpretative staff • Horseback riding Greg Bray, Group Assistance or parking fees. • Fly fishing • Packaged travel Blackwater Falls State Park “Good service and genuine Ed Wooton, Sales Representative 304-259-5216 [email protected] hospitality is a tradition at our Blennerhassett Island • Full-service with lodge, cabins, state parks. -
West Virginia Northern Flying Squirrel (WVNFS), Glauconzys Sabrinus Fuscus Five Year Status Review Appendix B — Capture Site Summaries
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service — West Virginia Field Office West Virginia northern flying squirrel (WVNFS), Glauconzys sabrinus fuscus Five Year Status Review Appendix B — Capture Site Summaries Attached are the summaries for the 105 West Virginia northern flying squirrel (WVNFS), G.s. fuscus, capture sites l in West Virginia. Although biologists occasionally use live-trapping, nest boxes have been the primary tool for population surveys for the WVNFS. Biologists place transects of nest boxes in a survey area and check the boxes periodically for occupancy, typically twice each year, in fall and spring. Northern flying squirrels are nocturnal, leaving their nests to forage at night and returning during the day, which facilitates daytime nest box monitoring. The success of nest box monitoring relies on the squirrels occupying the boxes during the day of the survey. Menzel (2003) found that no WVNFS in her radio telemetry study used nest boxes (despite their availability) as den sites. All nests were either natural tree cavities (i.e. dens) or dreys (i.e. outside nests constructed of leaves, twigs, lichens, etc.). She also noted WVNFS used multiple den sites, switching nests on average every 3 days in summer, and utilizing up to 12 den sites per month in lesser quality habitat (Menzel 2000, Menzel et al. 2004). Further, the nest box monitoring program conducted by the DNR had a 2% average success rate of squirrel occupancy per box checked. These data confirm the difficulty of capturing squirrels via nest boxes and caution against relying on nest box survey results to determine occupied habitat, i.e., although a captured individual affirms presence, an empty nest box does not necessarily signify absence or unoccupied habitat. -
Recreation Management Plan
Recreation Management Plan Hawks Nest Hydroelectric Project FERC No. 2512 Fayette County, West Virginia November 2018 Prepared for: Hawks Nest Hydro, LLC Prepared by: HDR Recreation Management Plan Hawks Nest Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 2512) Contents 1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Project Background ................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Recreation Management Plan Requirements ........................................................................... 1 2 Existing Recreation Facilities Summary .............................................................................................. 3 3 Proposed Recreational Enhancements ............................................................................................... 4 3.1 Project Recreation Facilities ...................................................................................................... 4 3.2 Non-Project Recreation Facilities .............................................................................................. 5 4 Provisions for Operation and Maintenance ......................................................................................... 6 5 Recreational Feature Inventory ........................................................................................................... 6 6 Periodic Recreation Management Plan Meetings and Plan Updates -
Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Subcommittee 2014
West Virginia Legislature PARKS, RECREATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE FINAL REPORT to Joint Committee on Government and Finance 2014 - 2015 Interims Members Senate House Senator William R. Laird IV, Chair Delegate Jeff Eldridge, Co-Chair Senator Clark Barnes Del. Danny Wells, Co-Chair Senator Larry Edgell Delegate Kevin Craig Senator Douglas Facemire Delegate Allen V. Evans Senator Roman Prezioso Delegate Bill Hamilton Senator Herb Snyder Delegate Brady Paxton Senator John Unger Delegate Harry Keith White Delegate Anthony Barrill Delegate Brent Boggs Speaker Tim Miley Delegate Don Perdue Delegate Mary Polling Delegate Ruth Rowan The Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Subcommittee met each month during the 2014-2015 period beginning in May 2014 to discuss and study parks, recreation and natural resources issues. The topics assigned to the committee by the Joint Committee on Government and Finance were as follows: SCR 88- Requesting Joint Committee on Government and Finance study financial aspects of state parks’ and forest’ amenities - Study additional funding sources for state parks During the 2014 – 2015 Legislative Interim meetings, your Committee has met with the representatives of state government and the forest industry and REPORTS as follows: MAY 2014 The Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Subcommittee met on Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Art Shomo, Wildlife Resources Section Public Information Specialist III, presented the West Virginia Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Map demonstration. Bob Beanblossom, District Administrator, Parks and Recreation Section-Management Areas, and Emily Fleming, Assistant to the Director of Natural Resources, presented an overview of SCR 89- Reassignment of five wildlife management areas to DNR. Curtis Taylor, Chief, Wildlife Resources Section- Management of Wildlife Management Areas answered various questions from members of the committee in regard to SCR 89. -
New River Crayfish Range Wide Status Assessment
New River Crayfish Range Wide Status Assessment William T. Russ, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Division of Inland Fisheries, 645 Fish Hatchery Road, Marion, NC 28752 Zach J. Loughman, West Liberty University, Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Campus Service Center Box 139, West Liberty University, West Liberty, WV 26074 Roger F. Thoma, Midwest Biodiversity Institute, Inc., 4673 Northwest Parkway, Hilliard, OH 43026 Brian T. Watson, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, 1132 Thomas Jefferson Road, Forest, VA 24551 Todd D. Ewing, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Division of Inland Fisheries, 1721 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699 Abstract: The New River crayfish, (Cambarus chasmodactylus), was described in 1966 from the East Fork of the Greenbrier River, West Virginia, and historically occurred throughout the New River Basin from the Greenbrier River sub-basin in West Virginia, upstream through Virginia, and into the headwaters of the South Fork New River in North Carolina. The New River crayfish was part of a federal listing species petition in 2010 and it is cur- rently being evaluated for listing as either threatened or endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Act. In order to understand the current distribution and status of this species, a range-wide assessment was undertaken by various organizations and agencies in West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina. Biological information was summarized, including species description, habitat use, life history, and current distribution. All historical and recent collections were compared and spatially displayed using GIS software. The New River crayfish was collected in three 8-digit hydrologic unit codes (HUCs) and 14 counties in three states, with the majority of occurrences in the Upper New and Greenbrier River sub-basins. -
Mountain Bike
Mountain Bike Trails in West Virginia County Trail Name Land Manager Length in Miles Barbour Alum Cave Audra State Park 2.7 Dayton Park Riverfront Walk Philippi 2.5 Riverside Audra State Park 2 Berkeley Hedgesville Park Martinsburg Berkeley County Parks 0.5 and Recreation Poor House Farm Park Martinsburg Berkeley County Parks 6 and Recreation Tuscarora Creek Linear Park Martinsburg Berkeley County Parks 0.5 and Recreation Braxton Billy Linger Elk River WMA 2.2 Canoe River Elk River WMA 1.8 Cherry Tree Hunting Elk River WMA 1.7 Dynamite Elk River WMA 0.5 Gibson Elk River WMA 0.45 Hickory Flats Elk River WMA 2.4 Stony Creek Hunting Elk River WMA 2.5 Tower Falls Elk River WMA 0.4 Weston to Gauley Bridge Turnpike US Army - Corps of Engineers 10 Woodell Elk River WMA 1.1 Brooke Brooke Pioneer Rail Brooke Pioneer Rail Trail Foundation 6.7 Follansbee City Park Nature Follansbee 0.3 Panhandle Rail Weirton Parks and Recreation 4 Wellsburg Yankee Rail Wellsburg 1.1 Cabell Ritter & Boulevard Parks Greater Huntington Park & Recreation 6 District Rotary Park Greater Huntington Park & Recreation 0.5 District YMCA - Kennedy Outdoor Huntington YMCA 1 Recreation Calhoun Calhoun County Park Calhoun County Commission 3.5 Page 1 of 11 Mountain Bike Trails in West Virginia County Trail Name Land Manager Length in Miles Clay Clay County Park Clay County Parks 2 Doddridge North Bend Rail North Bend State Park Fayette Brooklyn Mine NPS - New River Gorge National River - 2 Thurmond, Minden, Cunard Church Loop NPS - New River Gorge National River - 0.1 Thurmond, -
Friends of Blackwater
Summer 2021 FRIENDS OF BLACKWATER ©Brian Peterman Working to protect West Virginia’s High Alleghenies, Blackwater River, & Blackwater Canyon. PO Box 247 - Thomas, WV 26292 - phone: 304-345-7663 - www.saveblackwater.org - [email protected] Welcoming New Faces and Saying Goodbye to Others Blackwater Watershed Project Updates A big sunny hello to all the Friends of Blackwater Canyon! My name is Jocelyn Phares, and I am a West Virginia native. I was born in Elkins and raised on the rivers of this beautiful place. Ensuring West Virginia’s public lands, waters and all the creatures depending on them are protected is truly my calling. I am thrilled to be back in my beloved home state for the first time in several years. I love our Wild and Wonderful state, and I am eager to help preserve its beauty for generations to come! In 2016, I graduated from West Virginia University with a BA in Interna- tional Studies and a minor in Global Environmental Change. In January 2021, I completed my J.D. in Portland, Oregon at Lewis and Clark Law School with a certificate in Natural Resources Law. In 2018, I externed with the World Wild- Active Treatment Planning life Fund in Wellington, New Zealand. I also clerked for Earthrise, a non-profit environmental law firm. In my final year of law school, I worked as a clerk and The plan for an active water treatment plant on the research assistant for the Global Law Alliance. The Global Law Alliance focuses North Fork is moving along. It will treat the three main on regulating the international trade of endangered species. -
1137 Hon. Allyson Y. Schwartz Hon. Nick J. Rahall Ii
January 29, 2008 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS, Vol. 154, Pt. 1 1137 United Nations Economic and Social Commis- Madam Speaker, I ask that my colleagues 78,041 acres: Otter Creek, Dolly Sods, Laurel sion for Asia and the Pacific, ESCAP, Dr. Han join me in celebrating Coach Jim Algeo’s 40th Fork North and South, and the Cranberry Wil- noted the need for rapid economic growth in anniversary milestone and in wishing him derness. Asia and the Pacific—home to two-thirds of many more years of enriching the lives of As part of the revision of the Forest Plan the world’s poor. However, he pointed out, ac- those around him. In the many roles Coach completed in 2006, 18 roadless areas were tions on climate change could be compatible Alego has been blessed to fulfill in his life, he inventoried and evaluated for their wilderness with economic growth, saying: ‘‘We can turn has set an example for all of us to follow potential. As a result of this process, the West the crisis of climate change into a new eco- f Virginia Delegation to the U.S. House of Rep- nomic opportunity.’’ resentatives is proposing to designate seven The choice of Dr. Han Seung-soo to be WILD MONONGAHELA: A NATIONAL of the evaluated areas as wilderness. Totaling Prime Minister by President-Elect Lee Myung- LEGACY FOR WEST VIRGINIA’S 47,128 acres, three of the areas are additions Bak provides excellent evidence that the U.S.- SPECIAL PLACES to existing wilderness: the Cranberry Expan- Korea alliance partnership will continue to fur- sion in Webster and Pocahontas Counties, the ther consolidate and deepen under their lead- HON. -
GAULEY RIVER Ifjj
D-1 IN final wild and scenic river study ~ORA GE ' auoust 1983 GAULEY RIVER ifjJ WEST VIRGINIA PLEASE RETURN TO: TECHNICAL ltfFORMATION CENTER DENVER SERVICE CE'NTER NATIONAL PARK SERVICE UNITED S'm.TES DEPARIMENT CF 'lHE INI'ERIOR/NATICNAL PARK SERVICE As the Nation's principal conservation a· gency, the Department of the Interior has responsibility for most of our nationally owned public lands and natural resources. This includes fostering the wisest use of our land and water resources, protecting our fish and wildlife, preserving the environ mental and cultural values of our national parks and historical places, and providing for the enjoyment of life through out door recreation. The Oepartmer:t assesses our energy and min· eral resources and works to assure that their development is in the best interests of all our people. The Department also has a major responsibility for American Indian reservation communities and for people who live in island territories un der U. S. administration. FINl\L REPORT GAULEY RIVER WILD AND SCENIC RIVER S'IUDY WEST VIRGINIA August 1983 Prepared by: Mid-Atlantic Regional Office National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior ,. OONTENTS I. SUMMAm' OF FINDINGS / 1 I I • CDNDUCT' OF 'llIE S'IUDY I 6 Purpose I 6 Background I 6 Study Approach I 6 Public Involvement I 7 Significant Issues / 8 Definitions of Terms Used in Report I 9 III. EVAWATION I 10 Eligibility I 10 Classification I 12 Suitcbility / 15 IV. THE RIVER ENVIOONMENT I 18 Natural Resources / 18 Cultural Resources / 29 Existing Public Use / 34 Status of Land OWnership arrl Use / 39 V. -
West Virginia Trail Inventory
West Virginia Trail Inventory Trail report summarized by county, prepared by the West Virginia GIS Technical Center updated 9/24/2014 County Name Trail Name Management Area Managing Organization Length Source (mi.) Date Barbour American Discovery American Discovery Trail 33.7 2009 Trail Society Barbour Brickhouse Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 0.55 2013 Barbour Brickhouse Spur Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 0.03 2013 Barbour Conflicted Desire Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 2.73 2013 Barbour Conflicted Desire Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 0.03 2013 Shortcut Barbour Double Bypass Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 1.46 2013 Barbour Double Bypass Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 0.02 2013 Connector Barbour Double Dip Trail Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 0.2 2013 Barbour Hospital Loop Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 0.29 2013 Barbour Indian Burial Ground Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 0.72 2013 Barbour Kid's Trail Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 0.72 2013 Barbour Lower Alum Cave Trail Audra State Park WV Division of Natural 0.4 2011 Resources Barbour Lower Alum Cave Trail Audra State Park WV Division of Natural 0.07 2011 Access Resources Barbour Prologue Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 0.63 2013 Barbour River Trail Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 1.26 2013 Barbour Rock Cliff Trail Audra State Park WV Division of Natural 0.21 2011 Resources Barbour Rock Pinch Trail Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 1.51 2013 Barbour Short course Bypass Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 0.1 2013 Barbour -
RCED-84-101 Private Mineral Rights Complicate the Management Of
. I*/ I/ / liiY@d BY W-- CXIMPTROLLER GENERAL ’ Report To The Congress Private Mineral Rights Complicate The Management Of Eastern Wilderness Areas Since 1975, the Congress has expanded the Natlonal Wilderness Preservatron System to areas of eastern natlonal forest lands Many of these eastern lands contain slgnlflcant amounts of private mlneral rights, as a result, the Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service experienced management and legal problems In trying to preserve these lands and control private mineral development In addition, recent attempts by the federal government to acquire private mineral rights III eastern wilderness areas have caused considerable contro- versy and congressional debate because of the high costs associated with these purchases These problems could Increase because many other areas under conslderatlon for wilderness designation In the east contain private mineral rights GAO believes that consideration of private mineral rights IS Important In decldlng whether other eastern lands should be descgnated as wilderness However, the Forest Service did not provide InformatIon regarding private mineral rights and their potential acquisition costs when It submitted wilderness recommendations to the Congress In 1979 Therefore, GAO recommends that the Secretary of Agrl- culture direct the Forest Service to analyze the potential conflicts and costs associated with private mineral rights In potential wilderness areas and provide this data to the Congress In addition, GAO believes that the Congress should consider provldlng further guidance to the Forest Service by specifying what actlon should be taken regarding private rnlneral rights In eastern wilderness areas Ill11111111111124874 GAO/RCED-84-101 JULY 26, 1984 Request for copies of GAO reports should be sent to: U.S. -
BARBOUR Audra State Park WV Dept. of Commerce $40,798 Barbour County Park Incl
BARBOUR Audra State Park WV Dept. of Commerce $40,798 Barbour County Park incl. Playground, Court & ADA Barbour County Commission $381,302 Philippi Municipal Swimming Pool City of Philippi $160,845 Dayton Park Bathhouse & Pavilions City of Philippi $100,000 BARBOUR County Total: $682,945 BERKELEY Lambert Park Berkeley County $334,700 Berkeley Heights Park Berkeley County $110,000 Coburn Field All Weather Track Berkeley County Board of Education $63,500 Martinsburg Park City of Martinsburg $40,000 War Memorial Park Mini Golf & Concession Stand City of Martinsburg $101,500 Faulkner Park Shelters City of Martinsburg $60,000 BERKELEY County Total: $709,700 BOONE Wharton Swimming Pool Boone County $96,700 Coal Valley Park Boone County $40,500 Boone County Parks Boone County $106,200 Boone County Ballfield Lighting Boone County $20,000 Julian Waterways Park & Ampitheater Boone County $393,607 Madison Pool City of Madison $40,500 Sylvester Town Park Town of Sylvester $100,000 Whitesville Pool Complex Town of Whitesville $162,500 BOONE County Total: $960,007 BRAXTON Burnsville Community Park Town of Burnsville $25,000 BRAXTON County Total: $25,000 BROOKE Brooke Hills Park Brooke County $878,642 Brooke Hills Park Pool Complex Brooke County $100,000 Follansbee Municipal Park City of Follansbee $37,068 Follansbee Pool Complex City of Follansbee $246,330 Parkview Playground City of Follansbee $12,702 Floyd Hotel Parklet City of Follansbee $12,372 Highland Hills Park City of Follansbee $70,498 Wellsburg Swimming Pool City of Wellsburg $115,468 Wellsburg Playground City of Wellsburg $31,204 12th Street Park City of Wellsburg $5,786 3rd Street Park Playground Village of Beech Bottom $66,000 Olgebay Park - Haller Shelter Restrooms Wheeling Park Commission $46,956 BROOKE County Total: $1,623,027 CABELL Huntington Trail and Playground Greater Huntington Park & Recreation $113,000 Ritter Park incl.