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Little Hunting Creek is a 3.6-mile-long (5.8 km) [1] primarily tidal tributary of the Potomac River located in Fairfax County, Virginia, not to be confused with Hunting Creek farther north. A stone-arch bridge, completed in 1931, [ 2 ] carries traffic on the George Washington Memorial Parkway across the narrow mouth of the creek, located 96.6 ...
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Clinch Mountain Wildlife Management Area is a 25,477-acre (103.10 km 2 ) Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Virginia . It is the second-largest WMA in the Commonwealth, covering portions of Smyth , Washington , Russell , and Tazewell counties.
Virginia Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) are state-managed protected areas that exist primarily for the benefit of wildlife. Within the Commonwealth of Virginia , 46 tracts of land have been protected as WMAs, covering a total of over 216,000 acres (338 sq mi; 870 km 2 ).
They are managed by the Virginia Department of Forestry. [1] The system was created to manage and maintain forests for wildlife, timber production, recreation, water quality, and aesthetics. The system receives no taxpayer funds, and is self-supported by the sale of forest products. [2] Most Virginia state forests are accessible to the public.
Boundary of the Mount Rogers Crest Zone wild area as identified by the Wilderness Society. [1] Scales from the Virginia Highlands Trail. The area is located in the Appalachian Mountains of Southwestern Virginia about 5 miles southwest of Troutdale, Virginia between the Lewis Fork Wilderness Area and the Little Wilson Creek Wilderness Area.
Pettigrew Wildlife Management Area is a 934-acre (3.78 km 2) Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Caroline County, Virginia. Most of the long and narrow area's land was once part of Fort Walker. It is largely dominated by forests, including hardwood stands dominated by oak and beech, as well as stands consisting mostly of Virginia and loblolly pine.
Hunting Creek is a cove and tributary stream of the Potomac River between the City of Alexandria and Fairfax County in Virginia. It is formed by Cameron Run flowing from the west. The community of Huntington takes its name from the creek. Jones Point forms the north side. Dyke Marsh is just to the south.
Crooked Creek Wildlife Management Area is a 1,796-acre (7.27 km 2) Wildlife Management Area in Carroll County, Virginia. It includes forests and open land among rolling hills ranging in elevation from 2,400 feet (730 m) above sea level to 3,000 feet (910 m). Portions of Crooked Creek and its east fork are found within the area.