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West Virginia Division of Forestry is a government agency of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is a division of the West Virginia Department of Commerce. [1] The West Virginia Division of Forestry is responsible for regulating and maintaining West Virginia's state forests and other state-controlled forest areas.
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 .
Henry Clay Furnace is an historic iron furnace located in Cooper's Rock State Forest near Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was built between 1834 and 1836 by Leonard Lamb. [ 2 ] It is a 30-foot square, 30 feet high stone structure in the shape of a truncated pyramid.
Coopers Rock State Forest is a 12,747-acre (52 km 2) [1] state forest in Monongalia and Preston counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Its southern edge abuts Cheat Lake and the canyon section of Cheat River , a popular whitewater rafting river in the eastern United States .
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.
The national recreation area protects three prominent West Virginia landmarks: Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia (and the highest of the Allegheny Mountains) with a summit elevation of 4,863 feet (1482 m). Seneca Rocks, a 900-foot (270 m) high quartzite crag popular with rock climbers.
By 1921, the virgin forestland was fully logged. The U.S. Forest Service acquired the area soon thereafter, adding it to Monongahela National Forest. [2] Laurel Fork South and Laurel Fork North Wildernesses were designated in 1983 by the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, Land Designations law. [2]
Forest Industries Telecommunications (FIT) is a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certified frequency coordinator [1] and a non-profit association. Established in 1947, [ 2 ] its members include those companies or individuals who employ or are eligible to use Land Mobile Radio Service (LMRS) two-way radios .