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This List of National Fish Hatcheries in the United States includes the 70 National Fish Hatcheries, seven Fish Technology Centers and nine Fish Health Centers that are administered as components of the National Fish Hatchery System by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Big Survey Wildlife Management Area is a 7,500-acre (30 km 2) Wildlife Management Area in Wythe County, Virginia. The preserve's woodland sits on four mountain ridges and divides the watersheds of Reed and Cripple creeks in the New River Valley. Among the trees and shrubs to be found there are rhododendron, azalea, oak, hickory, and pine. [2]
The Paint Bank Virginia Fish Hatchery run by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries is located in Paint Bank, and the trout that are raised there are released locally. Brown trout, Brook trout and Rainbow trout are raised there. The trout are released when they are about 18 months old, and are used to stock streams in nine ...
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 ).
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Briery Creek Wildlife Management Area is a 3,164-acre (12.80 km 2 ) Wildlife Management Area in Prince Edward County, Virginia . With terrain typical of Virginia's south-central Piedmont , it encompasses the 845-acre (3.42 km 2 ) Briery Creek Lake , a reservoir formed by the damming of Briery ...
According to a State of Virginia historical marker, "The creek ... was named for Nathaniel Powell, acting governor in 1619. Weyanoke Indian town was here. Nearby was the site of an old mill, known in the Revolution as Bland's, and later, Cocke's Mill. The British General Phillips passed here May, 1781.
Green Bay is an unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States located on US Highway 360 between Burkeville Virginia and Keysville Virginia. [1] Peach growing in the area was very successful during the 1930s and 1940s, but finally succumbed to the advancement of larger growers and the change in technique and labor ...
Virginia: County: Halifax: Physical characteristics; Source: unnamed tributary to Mikes Creek divide • location: about 3 miles west of Halifax, Virginia • coordinates: 1] • elevation: 490 ft (150 m) [2] Mouth