Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge
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The Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge (CVNWR), in Tucker County, West Virginia, is the 500th National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) to be established (August 11, 1994) in the USA. The Refuge preserves a moist valley with unique wetlands and uplands at a relatively high elevation in the Allegheny Mountains. It is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
About 86 acres were purchased in Canaan Valley to establish the Refuge in 1994; another 12,000 acres were added in 2002. With other additions, the present CVNWR is approximately 16,000 acres in extent.
Facilitated refuge activities include wildlife-dependent recreation such as wildlife observation and photography, hunting, fishing, hiking, environmental education, and nature programs. The combination of wet soils, forests, shrub lands and open lands throughout the valley allows a diversity of wildlife habitats. White-tailed deer, raccoon, geese and squirrel are readily observable; mink, bobcat, black bear and barred owls are infrequently spotted. Beavers manipulate water levels by dam-building. Prominent birdlife include woodcock, wild turkey and ruffed grouse. Brook trout, a native species, have been joined by introduced species of trout and bass.
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Protected Areas of West Virginia |
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| Federal Protected Areas | Appalachian National Scenic Trail | Bluestone National Scenic River | Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge | Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park | Gauley River National Recreation Area | George Washington National Forest | Harpers Ferry National Historical Park | Monongahela National Forest | New River Gorge National River | Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge | Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area |
| State Parks | Audra | Babcock | Beartown | Beech Fork | Berkeley Springs | Blackwater Falls | Blennerhassett Island | Bluestone | Cacapon Resort | Camp Creek | Canaan Valley Resort | Carnifex Ferry Battlefield | Cass Scenic Railroad | Cathedral | Cedar Creek | Chief Logan | Droop Mountain Battlefield | Fairfax Stone | Greenbrier River Trail | Hawks Nest | Holly River | Little Beaver | Lost River | Moncove Lake | North Bend Rail Trail | North Bend | Pinnacle Rock | Pipestem Resort | Prickett's Fort | Stonewall Jackson Resort | Tomlinson Run | Tu-Endie-Wei | Twin Falls Resort | Tygart Lake | Valley Falls | Watoga | Watters Smith Memorial |
| State Forests | Cabwaylingo | Calvin Price | Coopers Rock | Greenbrier | Kanawha | Kumbrabow | Panther | Seneca |
| Wildlife Management Areas | Allegheny | Amherst-Plymouth | Anawalt | Andrew Rowan | Bear Rock Lakes | Becky Creek | Beech Fork Lake | Berwind Lake | Beury Mountain | Big Ditch | Big Ugly | Bluestone Lake | Briery Mountain | Burches Run Lake | Burnsville Lake | Castleman Run Lake | Cecil H. Underwood | Center Branch | Chief Cornstalk | Conaway Run Lake | Cross Creek | Dunkard Fork | East Lynn Lake | Edwards Run | Elk River | Fork Creek | Fort Mill Ridge | Frozen Camp | Green Bottom | Handley | Hilbert | Hillcrest | Horse Creek | Hughes River | Huttonsville | Lantz Farm and Nature Preserve | Laurel Lake | Lewis Wetzel | McClintic | Meadow River | Mill Creek | Moncove Lake | Morris Creek | Nathaniel Mountain | Pedlar | Pleasant Creek | Plum Orchard Lake | Pruntytown | R.D. Bailey Lake | Ritchie Mines | Sand Hill | Shannondale Springs | Short Mountain | Sleepy Creek | Smoke Camp | Snake Hill | South Branch | Stonecoal Lake | Stonewall Jackson Lake | Stumptown | Summersville Lake | Tate Lohr | Teter Creek Lake | The Jug | Thorn Creek | Tug Fork | Turkey Run | Upper Deckers Creek | Upper Mud River | Valley Bend Wetlands | Wallback | Widmeyer | Woodrum |
