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The three largest rivers in order of both discharge and watershed area are the Susquehanna River, the Potomac River, and the James River. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Other major rivers include the Rappahannock River , the Appomattox River (which flows into the lower James River), the York River (a combination of the Pamunkey and Mattaponi tributary rivers ...
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Hog Island Wildlife Management Area is a 3,908-acre (15.82 km 2 ) Wildlife Management Area along the lower James River in Virginia . The peninsular tip was named "Hog Island" in 1608 by Jamestown settlers who released three hogs in the area, who became feral and multiplied.
James River Wildlife Management Area is a 1,213-acre (4.91 km 2) Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Nelson County, Virginia, near the town of Wingina. It consists of hilly woodland and relatively level bottomland along slightly more than one mile (1.6 km) of the James River. Elevations at the area range from 350 to 500 feet (110 to 150 m) above ...
James River: Nelson: 1,213 acres (4.91 km 2) James River: Land's End: King George: 450 acres (1.8 km 2) Rappahannock River: Managed as a waterfowl refuge; hunting not permitted. Mattaponi: Caroline: 2,542 acres (10.29 km 2) [8] Mattaponi River, South River: Mattaponi Bluffs: Caroline: 470 acres (1.9 km 2) Mattaponi River: Merrimac Farm: Prince ...
Fishing report, Nov. 8-14: Lower temps are not bothering Delta stripers, trout action outstanding at New Melones. Roger George and Dave Hurley November 7, 2023 at 3:00 PM
The James at Percival's Island Riverwalk in Lynchburg, Virginia. The James River is a river in Virginia that begins in the Appalachian Mountains and flows from the confluence of the Cowpasture and Jackson Rivers in Botetourt County 348 miles (560 km) [3] to the Chesapeake Bay. [4]
Various research and land management projects are active at James River NWR. Including monitoring bird species like Bald Eagles, monitoring arthropod species like endangered Frosted Elfin, and working to restore longleaf pine savannah, an exceedingly rare habitat in Virginia. Longleaf pine restoration has predominantly amounted to cutting down ...
Bosher's Dam is a historic low head dam (also called a weir) built upon the James River just west of Richmond, Virginia.It is a 12-foot-high stone structure which interrupts the natural flow of Virginia's largest self-contained river by spanning the waterway between suburban Tuckahoe in Henrico County and the western part of Richmond just west of the Edward E. Willey Bridge.