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The New River and the gorge area provides critical habitat for birds such as bald eagles, osprey, great blue herons, kingfishers, numerous ducks and migrating waterfowl like loons, cormorants, hooded mergansers and other migratory birds including the Cerulean warbler, a species in decline elsewhere in its range.
President Jimmy Carter signed legislation establishing New River Gorge National River on November 10, 1978 (Pub. L. 95–625).As stated in the legislation, the park was established as a unit of the national park system "for the purpose of conserving and interpreting outstanding natural, scenic, and historic values and objects in and around the New River Gorge, and preserving as a free-flowing ...
In Maryland, bird watchers can catch a glimpse of birds migrating south. ... or other fixed structures) soar almost 900 feet in the air above the New River Gorge Bridge. ...
A section of the cliff at Endless Wall in New River Gorge. The life zones of West Virginia allow for a diversity of habitats for fauna (animal life), varying from large lowland farming valleys bordered with forest and meadow to highland ridge flats and heavy forestland, some with rocky ridge-line peaks.
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Babcock State Park is a state park located along the New River Gorge on 4,127 acres (16.7 km 2) wooded [2] in Fayette County, West Virginia. It is located approximately 20 miles away from the New River Gorge Bridge. Located near the park headquarters, the Glade Creek Grist Mill is commonly photographed. [3] [4] [5] It was named in honor of ...
Thurmond is a town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States, on the New River.The population was five at the 2020 census. During the heyday of coal mining in the New River Gorge, Thurmond was a prosperous town with a number of businesses and facilities for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
Overlooks of the Red River Gorge Geological Area on the Chimney Top Trail. Sept. 19, 2020 Popular spots at Kentucky's Red River Gorge could start costing hikers and visitors a fee to access with a ...