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The Snake Hill Wildlife Management Area is a hill area covering along the
Cheat canyon Cheat Canyon — also called Cheat River Canyon or Cheat River Gorge — is a long, forested Canyon of the Cheat River at the western edge of the Allegheny Mountains in northeastern West Virginia, United States. A popular whitewater venue, for ...
(78.3-mile-long) in Monongalia and Preston Counties,
West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the B ...
. The
wildlife management area A Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is a protected area set aside for the conservation of wildlife and for recreational activities involving wildlife. New Zealand There are 11 Wildlife Management Areas in New Zealand: * Horsham Downs Wildlife Man ...
mostly lies directly south of
Coopers Rock State Forest Coopers Rock State Forest is a state forest in Monongalia and Preston counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Its southern edge abuts Cheat Lake and the canyon section of Cheat River, a popular whitewater rafting river in the eastern Unite ...
, protecting the southern side of
Cheat Canyon Cheat Canyon — also called Cheat River Canyon or Cheat River Gorge — is a long, forested Canyon of the Cheat River at the western edge of the Allegheny Mountains in northeastern West Virginia, United States. A popular whitewater venue, for ...
. The canyon has been the object of controversy as environmental activists contended with timber and development interests over the years of its preservation status.


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Animal conservation Conservation biology is the study of the conservation of nature and of Earth's biodiversity with the aim of protecting species, their habitats, and ecosystems from excessive rates of extinction and the erosion of biotic interactions. It is an int ...
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Hunting Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, or killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to harvest food (i.e. meat) and useful animal products ( fur/ hide, bone/tusks, horn/antler, ...
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Fishing Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught as wildlife from the natural environment, but may also be caught from stocked bodies of water such as ponds, canals, park wetlands and reservoirs. Fishing techniques inclu ...
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List of West Virginia wildlife management areas This is a list of wildlife management areas in West Virginia. West Virginia wildlife management areas References See also * List of West Virginia state parks * List of West Virginia state forests {{Protected areas of West Virginia 01 Wi ...


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West Virginia DNR District 1 Wildlife Management Areas
Wildlife management areas of West Virginia Protected areas of Monongalia County, West Virginia Protected areas of Preston County, West Virginia IUCN Category V {{MonongaliaCountyWV-geo-stub