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West Virginia Wildlife Management Areas Wildlife Management Area County Area Accommodations [1] Lakes Shooting Ranges [2] Acres Hectares Cabins Camping Allegheny: Mineral: 5,884 2,381 Amherst-Plymouth: Putnam: 7,061 2,857 Anawalt Lake: McDowell: 2,097 849 Bear Rock Lakes: Ohio: 242 98 Becky Creek: Randolph: 1,930 781 Beech Fork Lake: Cabell ...
Amherst-Plymouth Wildlife Management Area [2] [1] is a 7,061-acre (2,857 ha) protected area located in Putnam County, West Virginia. The site is along the banks of the Kanawha River and is popular for hunting Canada geese in the fall. [3]
Hillcrest Wildlife Management Area is located in Hancock County near New Cumberland, West Virginia. Located on 2,212 acres (895 ha) of former farmland, the flat bottoms and rolling hills provide open fields, old orchards and small forest lots. [2] From New Cumberland, follow WV Route 8 east about 4 miles (6.4 km) to Gas Valley Road.
The former Springfield Wildlife Management Area was located on approximately 1,700 acres (690 ha) in Hampshire County near Springfield, West Virginia. Created during the 1970s, the land was owned by MeadWestvaco. [2] Springfield WMA was abolished on April 1, 2004, when the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources' lease for the site expired ...
Ritchie Mines Wildlife Management Area, is located near Smithville, West Virginia, in Ritchie County. Ritchie Mines WMA is located on 2,300 acres (930 ha) of rugged, hilly woodlands. [2] To access the WMA from the south, follow Route 47 west 8 miles from Smithville to Macfarlan Creek Road. Follow Macfarlan Creek Road north to the WMA.
Wildlife Resources Section, WV Division of Natural Resources Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area is located in Morgan and Berkeley Counties in West Virginia 's Eastern Panhandle. It encompasses 22,928 acres (92.79 km 2 ), mostly covered with mixed oak and pine forest, although about 3,500 acres (14 km 2 ) are covered with mixed hardwoods . [ 1 ]
Chief Cornstalk Wildlife Management Area is located on 11,772 acres (4,764 ha) in Mason County near Southside, West Virginia. [2] Second growth oak-hickory and mixed hardwoods forests cover much of the rolling and moderately steep slopes.
In January 2008, The Nature Conservancy and West Virginia Division of Natural Resources announced they had acquired 4,584 acres (1,855 ha) of land adjacent to New River Gorge from Mountain Top Management, Inc. [3] The land, which borders the Gorge for 4.5 miles (7.2 km), was purchased by the Nature Conservancy for $1,000 an acre [4] and leased to the Division of Natural Resources.