List of West Virginia wildlife management areas

This is a list of wildlife management areas in West Virginia.

West Virginia wildlife management areas

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 Wayne	7,531	3,048
	Berwind Lake	McDowell	93	38		8
	Beury Mountain	Fayette	9,232 [3] [4]	3,736
	Big Ditch	Webster	388	157
	Big Ugly	Lincoln	5,300	2,145
	Bluestone Lake	Summers Mercer Monroe	18,019	7,292		330
	Burches Run	Marshall	55	22
	Burnsville Lake	Braxton	12,579	5,091
	Castleman Run Lake	Brooke Ohio	486	197
	Cecil H. Underwood	Marshall	2,115	856
	Center Branch	Harrison	974	394
	Cheat Canyon	Preston	3,836 [5]	1,552
	Chief Cornstalk	Mason	11,772	4,764
	Conaway Run Lake	Tyler	630	255
	Cross Creek	Brooke	2,080	842
	Dents Run	Marion	1,226	496
	Dunkard Fork	Marshall	470	190
	East Lynn Lake	Wayne	22,928	9,279
	Edwards Run	Hampshire	397	153
	Elk Creek	Logan Mingo	6,004	2,430
	Elk River	Braxton	18,225	7,375
	Fairfax Pond-Rehe	Preston	638	258
	Fort Mill Ridge	Hampshire	217	88
	Frozen Camp	Jackson	2,735	1,107
	Green Bottom	Cabell Mason	1,096	444
	Handley	Pocahontas	784	317
	Hilbert	Lincoln	289	117
	Hillcrest	Hancock	2,212	895
	Horse Creek	Wyoming	48	19
	Hughes River	Ritchie Wirt	10,000	4,047
	Huttonsville State Farm	Randolph	2,720	1,101
	Lantz Farm and Nature Preserve	Wetzel	548	222
	Laurel Lake	Mingo	12,854	5,202
	Lewis Wetzel	Wetzel	13,590	5,500
	Little Indian Creek	Monongalia	1,036	419
	McClintic	Mason	3,655	1,479
	Meadow River	Greenbrier	2,504	1,013
	Mill Creek	Cabell	1,470	595
	Moncove Lake	Monroe	898	363
	Morris Creek	Clay Kanawha	9,874	3,996
	Nathaniel Mountain	Hampshire	10,675	4,320
	Panther	McDowell	7,820	3,147		8
	Pedlar	Monongalia	766	310
	Pleasant Creek	Barbour Taylor	3,030	1,226
	Plum Orchard Lake	Fayette	3,201	1,295		38
	Pruntytown State Farm	Taylor	1,764	714
	R.D. Bailey Lake	Mingo Wyoming	17,280	6,993
	Ritchie Mines	Ritchie	2,300	931
	Sand Hill	Ritchie Wood	967	391
	Shannondale Springs	Jefferson	1,566	634
	Short Mountain	Hampshire	8,005	3,240
	Slatyfork	Pocahontas Randolph	49	20
	Sleepy Creek	Berkeley Morgan	22,928	9,279
	Smoke Camp	Lewis	252	102
	Snake Hill	Monongalia	3,092	1,251
	South Branch	Hampshire Hardy	1,097	444
	Stonecoal Lake	Lewis Upshur	3,000	1,214
	Stonewall Jackson Lake	Lewis	18,289	7,401
	Stumptown	Calhoun Gilmer	1,674	677
	Summersville Lake	Nicholas	5,974	2,418
	Tate Lohr	Mercer	576	233
	Teter Creek Lake	Barbour	136	55
	The Jug	Tyler	2,065	836
	Thorn Creek	Pendleton	528	214
	Tug Fork	McDowell	2,165	876
	Turkey Run	Jackson	64	26
	Upper Deckers Creek	Preston	56	23
	Upper Mud River	Lincoln	1,725	698
	Valley Bend Wetlands	Randolph	31	13
	Wallback	Clay Kanawha Roane	11,757	4,758
	Widmeyer	Morgan	422	171
	Woodrum Lake	Jackson	1,700	688
Former West Virginia Wildlife Management Areas
	Briery Mountain Wildlife Management Area – Closed in 2011. [6]
	Fork Creek Wildlife Management Area – Closed in 2008. [7]
	Springfield Wildlife Management Area – Closed in 2004. [8]

References

1. "West Virginia State Parks Facilities Grid" (PDF). West Virginia State Parks. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2009. Retrieved March 14, 2009.
2. "Public Shooting Ranges in West Virginia". West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on March 15, 2009. Retrieved March 14, 2009.
3. "Beury Mountain WMA in Fayette County Extended; National Wild Turkey Federation Supports Land Acquisition". West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. October 17, 2008. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved March 14, 2009.
4. "New River Gorge land to be added to preserve". Charleston Gazette . February 2, 2010. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved February 3, 2010.
5. "DNR Acquires Two New Wildlife Management Areas in Preston County". West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. October 9, 2014. Archived from the original on December 3, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
6. Wolford, Michelle (September 28, 2011). "Hunting Banned at Briery Mountain". The Dominion Post . Morgantown, West Virginia. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
7. "Fork Creek Wildlife Management Area Closes". West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on December 12, 2008. Retrieved March 14, 2009.
8. "Springfield Wildlife Management Area Lease Agreement Will Not Be Renewed". West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2015.

See also

• List of West Virginia state parks
• List of West Virginia state forests