Hunting & Fishing
The canary in the mine
Brook trout in West Virginia, Part I
Coal miners once carried live canaries into the mines with them. If the canaries died, the miners knew the air in the mine was bad. West Virginia's brook trout are like those canaries. As long as the water around them remains clean and cold, they survive. When the water becomes too warm or too acidic or too full of silt, they die.
Anglers still flock to Kanawha Falls
Iconic landmark home to variety of species
GLEN FERRIS -- If West Virginians were to list their favorite fishing holes, Kanawha Falls would likely rank near the top.
Number of river otters on the rise, DNR says
Reintroduced to West Virginia waters just two dozen years ago, river otters have spread rapidly throughout the state.
Shoe leather and limestone
DNR employee wears out boots to expand trout fishing
RICHWOOD -- John Rebinski's most satisfying days "in the office" include long hikes in pouring rain to some of West Virginia's most remote mountaintops, where he fights his way through spruce thickets and laurel hells just to watch where the rainwater goes.
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