MORGANTOWN – BOPARC Executive Director Greg Travinski said the main loop trail and floating boat launch have been completed at the Flegal Reservoir. Even so, the property remains off limits […]
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Fishing Flegal by fall? City says reservoir recreation weeks away
MORGANTOWN — When you turn on your faucet to fill a glass, run a bath or prepare a meal, chances are you’re using water pulled from the Morgantown Utility Board’s […]
City lets $1.5 million reservoir recreation project
MORGANTOWN — In February of 2015, the Morgantown Utility Board made public its plan to construct a new reservoir on 125 acres along Cobun Creek Road. About 15 minutes later, […]
A highway river and a whitewater rollercoaster
A throwback to when ‘shipping’ meant ‘by ship’ The City of Morgantown and the Port of Pittsburgh — with the sponsorship of the Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization — […]
Gritstone could become public recreation amenity
At the beginning of November, the pandemic claimed — though belatedly — another local business. Gritstone Climbing + Fitness was foreclosed upon, and at the end of November, the business […]
Selin: Refreshing to have the means and will to make recreation improvements
MORGANTOWN — In June 2018, BOPARC leadership came before Morgantown City Council to deliver some hard truths about the city’s park system. Executive Director Melissa Wiles and Assistant Director Marissa […]
Morgantown, MUB ‘close’ on reservoir recreation
MORGANTOWN — It appears as if an agreement between the city of Morgantown and the Morgantown Utility Board outlining recreation at MUB’s Flegal Dam and Reservoir site is imminent. So […]
Officials float ideas for recreational possibilities at new reservoir
MORGANTOWN — As the future emergency water supply for the greater Morgantown area, the Morgantown Utility Board’s $50 million Flegal Reservoir is all about hydration. But will it also be […]
West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Dolly Sods project has hit a minor roadblock
The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy (WVHC) Dolly Sods project is moving forward, but not as quickly as anticipated. The project was conceived when it became evident that Dolly Sods Wilderness […]
Two areas of land donated to Friends of Deckers Creek
Newsroom@DominionPost.com Early this year, the Hazel Ruby McQuain Charitable Trust donated two non-contiguous parcels of land to Friends of Deckers Creek. Both are along Deckers Creek in Sabraton and have […]
