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West Virginia contains a network of eight state forests that help to protect over 70,000 acres (28,000 ha) of wooded lands in the state. Most of the forests are managed by the West Virginia Division of Forestry , although Kanawha State Forest is managed as a state park by the Division of Natural Resources .
The house was expanded in the mid-1870s with a frame addition, remaining in the Sites family until it was acquired by the U.S. Forest Service in 1968 as part of Spruce Knob–Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area in Monongahela National Forest. The house had been used as a storage shed for some time and was in poor condition.
The house at Traveller's Rest, near Kearneysville, is West Virginia's sole plantation house designated as a National Historic Landmark for its national-level historical significance. As of 2015, the majority of West Virginia's plantation houses remain under private ownership.
The Monongahela National Forest is a national forest located in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia, US.It protects over 921,000 acres (3,727 km 2; 1,439 sq mi) of federally managed land within a 1,700,000 acres (6,880 km 2; 2,656 sq mi) proclamation boundary that includes much of the Potomac Highlands Region and portions of 10 counties.
Located within the Monongahela National Forest and operated by The Nature Conservancy. Big Run Bog: 1974 Tucker: Federal Located within the Monongahela National Forest, contains a high-altitude northern spruce bog. Blister Run Swamp: 1974 Pocahontas: Federal A high-altitude balsam fir swamp located in Monongahela National Forest. Canaan Valley ...
The area was made a National Natural Landmark, the Germany Valley Karst Area, in 1973 by the National Park Service. [1] The NPS cited it as "one of the largest cove or intermountain karst areas in the country, unique because all the ground water recharge and solution activities are linked with precipitation within the cove."
The Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area [1] (abbreviated to AFNHA) is a National Heritage Area encompassing 16 counties in West Virginia and 2 counties in Western Maryland. In Maryland , AFNHA encompasses Allegany and Garrett Counties.
Laurel Fork South and Laurel Fork North Wildernesses were designated in 1983 by the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, Land Designations law. [2] Laurel Fork South was reduced by approximately 89 acres (0.36 km 2 ) by the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009 to allow vehicle travel on Forest Road 424 in the eastern edge of the ...