Burches Run Wildlife Management Area, formerly Burches Run Lake WMA, is located on near Wheeling in Marshall County,

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. Until 2005 the

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contained a lakeBurches Run web page, West Virginia Department of Natural Resources
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at risk of failure. The name change occurred after the dam was removed. The terrain climbs gently above Burches Run and is covered by a mature

oak An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably ''L ...

hickory Hickory is a common name for trees composing the genus ''Carya'', which includes around 18 species. Five or six species are native to China, Indochina, and India (Assam), as many as twelve are native to the United States, four are found in Mexi ...

second-growth forest.

Directions

Burches Run WMA is located at the intersection of Pine Hill Road and Big Wheeling Creek Road about south of Wheeling, Pine Hill Road, also designated as County Route 14 is accessed off of WV State Route 88. Big Wheeling Creek Road is accessed near the intersection of US Route 40 and I-70 at Elm Grove. Thi
map
shows the WMA and where the lake that was removed used to be.

Hunting

Hunting opportunities, limited by the small size of the area, include

deer Deer or true deer are hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the red deer, and the fallow deer; and the Capreolinae, including the reindeer ...

squirrel Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-size rodents. The squirrel family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels (including chipmunks and prairie dogs, among others), and flying squirrels. Squ ...

, and

water fowl The Anatidae are the biological family of water birds that includes ducks, geese, and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica. These birds are adapted for swimming, floating on ...

. Camping is prohibited at this WMA.Wildlife Management Areas
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources

References

External links

West Virginia DNR District 1 Wildlife Management AreasWest Virginia Hunting RegulationsWest Virginia Fishing Regulations
{{Protected Areas of West Virginia Wildlife management areas of West Virginia Protected areas of Marshall County, West Virginia IUCN Category V

Directions

Hunting

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