By RICK STEELHAMMER
Charleston Gazette-Mail
(Gazette-Mail photo by Kenny Kemp)
DAVIS, W.Va. — A 1.5-square-mile chunk of Canaan Valley encompassing the headwaters of Yellow Creek, a large cotton grass bog and the regionally famous Moon Rocks mountain bike terrain, will become the West Virginia Land Trust’s largest public preserve if a fundraising effort proves successful.
The property, formerly owned by the Vandalia Heritage Foundation, borders both the 16,613-acre Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge and the 2,500-acre state-owned Little Canaan Wildlife Management Area.
“It’s part of a large block of public land that will remain intact” with the purchase, said Ashton Berdine, the West Virginia Land Trust’s land program manager. “It’s a segment of one of the largest wetland complexes in the southern Appalachians.”
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