West Virginia Division of Natural Resources

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West Virginia Division of Natural Resources is an agency of the government of the U.S. state of West Virginia. While formerly known as the cabinet-level Department of Natural Resources, it is now part of the West Virginia Department of Commerce[1]. The DNR is responsible for wildlife management, hunting and fishing regulations, and boater safety and also oversees state parks and resorts.[2]

Contents

[edit] Facilities

[edit] State Parks

See also: List of West Virginia state parks

[edit] Wildlife management areas

See also: List of West Virginia wildlife management areas

Wildlife Management Areas are managed by the WVDNR Wildlife Resources Section.

[edit] Fish hatcheries

Bowden Fish Hatchery
Bowden Fish Hatchery
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
  • Apple Grove Fish Hatchery[3]
  • Bowden Fish Hatchery
  • Palestine Fish Hatchery[3]


[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ West Virginia Department of Commerce
  2. ^ West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
  3. ^ a b WVDNR Warmwater Hatchery Program, accessed April 12, 2008.
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Protected Areas of West Virginia
Federal
protected
areas
State parks
State forests
Wildlife
management
areas

Allegheny • Amherst-Plymouth • Anawalt Lake • 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 Creek • Elk River • Fork Creek • Fort Mill Ridge • Frozen Camp • Green Bottom • Handley • Hilbert • Hillcrest • Horse Creek • Hughes River • Huttonsville State Farm • Lantz Farm and Nature Preserve • Laurel Lake • Lewis Wetzel • Little Indian Creek • 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 • Slatyfork • 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 • Wallback • Widmeyer • Woodrum
West Virginia Division of Forestry • West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
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