Tag: Conservation

Gov. Justice announces construction to begin on state’s first Elk Visitor Center

State-of-the-art facility will enhance elk management and promote wildlife tourism in West Virginia CHARLESTON, W.Va — Gov. Jim Justice announced today...

WVDNR launches hellbender, mudpuppy citizen science survey

WVDNR launches hellbender, mudpuppy citizen science survey Anglers, members of the public are encouraged to report observations using the Survey123...

Five ways you can help protect wild woodland box turtles

When was the last time you saw a box turtle in the wild? Did you, like so many of us,...

What you can do to help West Virginia’s official butterfly

The next time you notice a monarch butterfly, with its brilliant orange and black wings rimmed with white dots, take...

WVDNR encourages private landowners to apply for Wild Yard certification

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLH46nu9zJ0&t=1s In an effort to create more natural habitat for wildlife around the state, the West Virginia Division of Natural...

WVDNR installs migratory animal tracking system at Hanging Rock

https://youtu.be/CIFe18me6mc West Virginia Division of Natural Resources biologists have installed a radio telemetry station at the Hanging Rock Raptor Observatory...

WVDNR partners with Toyota to promote pollinator conservation

Private landowners in the Kanawha Valley had a hands-on opportunity to learn how to create a pollinator habitat on their...

WVDNR studying deer population around state

Big bucks, young bucks, does and fawns. Thanks to a new West Virginia Division of Natural Resources study, hunters, conservationists...

West Virginia’s elk herd adds 15 calves in 2020

West Virginia's elk restoration project is wrapping up another successful summer at the Tomblin Wildlife Management Area in Logan County...

First wild bobwhite quail chicks in 50 years hatch at Tomblin WMA

Five months after releasing 48 bobwhite quail at the Tomblin Wildlife Management Area, the once native birds have produced West Virginia’s first wild brood in more than...