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Dragon Run State Forest: King and Queen: 9,563 acres (38.70 km 2) First Mountain State Forest: Rockingham: 573 acres (2.32 km 2) Hawks State Forest: Carroll: 121 acres (0.49 km 2) Lesesne State Forest: Nelson: 422 acres (1.71 km 2) Matthews State Forest: Grayson: 566 acres (2.29 km 2) Moore's Creek State Forest: Rockbridge: 2,353 acres (9.52 km ...
Channels State Forest is a 4,836-acre (19.57 km 2) state forest located in Washington and Russell counties, Virginia. [1] The Channels Natural Area Preserve is located within the forest, which protects the Great Channels of Virginia , comprising slot canyons formed within 400-million-year-old sandstone outcroppings.
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 ).
The Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF) was established in 1914 to prevent and suppress forest fires and reforest bare lands. Since its inception, the agency has grown and evolved to encompass other protection and management duties: Protecting Virginia's Forests from Wildfire; Managing the Forest Resource; Protecting Virginia's Waters
Bourassa State Forest is a 288-acre (117 ha) state forest located in Bedford County, Virginia, north of Smith Mountain Lake. It is used primarily for timber production, as an outdoor lab, and as a wildlife sanctuary. [1] The forest is adjacent to the Smith Mountain Cooperative Wildlife Management Area. [2]
Marble Canyon is the site of one of the last great proposed dam projects on the Colorado, the Marble Canyon Dam. Proposed and investigated in the early 1950s by the United States Bureau of Reclamation , [ 1 ] the proposal met substantial opposition, notably from the Sierra Club , when a revived proposal was considered by the state of Arizona as ...
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Conway Robinson State Forest is a state forest in Prince William County, Virginia, near Manassas National Battlefield Park. It serves as a wildflower and wildlife sanctuary . The forest covers 444 acres (180 ha) of pine plantation, mixed pine, and old-growth hardwoods and is one of the largest tracts of undeveloped land owned by the ...