Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Widlife Management Area Proposed
WEST VIRGINIA...
A conservation partnership is working to preserve a 1,585-acre tract on the rim of New River Gorge. The agreement announced yesterday will close a gap between the Beury Mountain Wildlife Management Area and the New River Gorge National River. The state will manage the property as a wildlife management area. Partnership members are the state Division of Natural Resources, the Nature Conservancy and hunters and anglers. The Nature Conservancy plans to buy the property from Greenbrier Forest Products and then sell it to the DNR over the next two years. The DNR's purchase will be funded with a $20,000 grant from the West Virginia Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation and revenue from hunting license sales.
A conservation partnership is working to preserve a 1,585-acre tract on the rim of New River Gorge. The agreement announced yesterday will close a gap between the Beury Mountain Wildlife Management Area and the New River Gorge National River. The state will manage the property as a wildlife management area. Partnership members are the state Division of Natural Resources, the Nature Conservancy and hunters and anglers. The Nature Conservancy plans to buy the property from Greenbrier Forest Products and then sell it to the DNR over the next two years. The DNR's purchase will be funded with a $20,000 grant from the West Virginia Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation and revenue from hunting license sales.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 2:15 PM 
