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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 ...
650 acres, operated by the county, Walney Visitors Center features educational exhibits, programs and information, live animals False Cape State Park: Virginia Beach: Virginia Beach: Hampton Roads: 4,321 acres, Wash Woods Environmental Center for ecological studies, park also offers nature programs First Landing State Park: Virginia Beach ...
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 Forestry The Channels Natural Area Preserve is a 721-acre (2.92 km 2 ) Natural Area Preserve located in Washington and Russell counties, Virginia . It was established in April 2008 to protect a number of significant natural communities and habitats, including high-elevation forests, rock outcrops, and cliffs.
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.
Prince Edward-Gallion State Forest is a state forest located in Prince Edward County, Virginia. Virginia's first state forest, it was founded upon land donated to the Commonwealth by its namesake, Emmett Dandridge Gallion. Its 6,496 acres (26.29 km 2) provide a number of recreational opportunities. Within its boundaries is Twin Lakes State Park.
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 ...
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 ...