BY CARRIE HODOUSEK FAYETTEVILLE — The New River Gorge National Park and Preserve in Fayette County will mark its second anniversary of becoming a national park designation today. Congress passed legislation on Dec. 22, 2020, making the New River Gorge the 63rd national park in the ...
by Mariel Garza What compels someone to travel to the far-off wilderness, enjoy the natural splendor it affords — and then decide to ruin it for everyone else? A couple weeks ago, officials at Yosemite National Park posted a distressing photo of vandalism along the popular ...
Make Arthurdale a national historic site As Randy Vealey‘s Dec. 26 guest essay discussed, tourism is an important economic growth engine for the Mountain State. An effort is underway to enhance tourism at Arthurdale, the historic New Deal project in Preston County, through acceptance ...
WVU Today A West Virginia University professor who will focus on the increased visitor use in protected areas and green spaces in Austria during the COVID-19 pandemic — including the negative effects — has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship for the fall 2021 ...
Newsroom@DominionPost.com RICHWOOD — Staff on the Gauley District of Monongahela National Forest have been working this summer on repairs to a 680-foot section of the boardwalk at the Cranberry Glades Botanical Area. The repairs include re-connecting and raising parts of the ...
MORGANTOWN -- The U.S. Senate is on the verge of passing a historic bill introduced by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. Its a bill that will protect land and water, support all sorts of outdoor recreation and put money into maintaining deteriorating national parks, which face a $21 billion ...