The refuge, established in 1990, includes 3,440 acres mostly in West Virginia, with some islands in Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Learn more about the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge HERE and ...

Firings of staff at agencies like the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ... Falls State Park and Canaan Valley. These opportunities for outdoor recreation like hunting, fishing, hiking, camping – they’re ...

The Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge posted on social media that a low temperature ... The current all-time officially recognized low temperature for the state of WV is -37 F.” Ironically, ...

According to the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge’s weather station operator, the temperature in the valley would have rivaled West Virginia’s lowest recorded temperature ever if not for ...

In West Virginia, freshwater peat wetlands can often serve ... JJ Yarley, a park ranger for the Canaan Valley Wildlife Refuge said in an interview with 12 News that although peatlands cover about 3% ...

This winter, the Canaan Valley Wildlife Refuge began restoring one of the ... which gave people a chance to meet with elected officials ahead of the 2025 West Virginia Legislative Session.

A skier looks out across the Canaan Valley in the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia. (Photo courtesy W.Va ... a thousand square miles of national forest as well as a national wildlife refuge. Four ...

Conservation groups sued after the Fish and Wildlife Service pulled back from a plan to phase out lead ammunition at a refuge in West Virginia ... ammo phaseout at the Canaan Valley National ...

And West Virginia ... wildlife-refuge land. Remember the hardcore 24-hour mountain-bike races that were so popular in the ’90s and early 2000s? They began here, with the 24 Hours of Canaan.

Snow expected in West Virginia Thursday ... is located between the Dolly Sods Wilderness Area and the Canaan Valley Wildlife Refuge, the purchase will also allow for expanded recreation in ...