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The Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge (CVNWR), in Tucker County, West Virginia, is the 500th National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) to be established (August 11, 1994) in the USA. The Refuge preserves a moist valley with unique wetlands and uplands at a relatively high elevation in the Allegheny Mountains. It is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Tucker County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. ...
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About 86 acres were purchased in Canaan Valley to establish the Refuge in 1994; another 12,000 acres were added in 2002. With other additions, the present CVNWR is approximately 16,000 acres in extent.
Facilitated refuge activities include wildlife-dependent recreation such as wildlife observation and photography, hunting, fishing, hiking, environmental education, and nature programs. The combination of wet soils, forests, shrub lands and open lands throughout the valley allows a diversity of wildlife habitats. White-tailed deer, raccoon, geese and squirrel are readily observable; mink, bobcat and barred owls are infrequently spotted. Beavers manipulate water levels by dam-building. Prominent birdlife include woodcock, wild turkey and ruffed grouse. Brook trout, a native species, have been joined by introduced species of trout and bass. Binomial name Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann, 1780 The White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus), also known as the Virginia deer, is a medium-sized deer found throughout most of the continental United States, southern Canada, Mexico, Central America and northern portions of South America as far south as Peru. ...
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An American Mink, Mustela vison, in the wild. ...
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Largemouth Bass Bass (IPA /bæs/) is a name shared by many different species of popular game fish. ...
External links
- Official USFWS CVNWR Website
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