Outdoor Pursuits

Outdoors Calendar: June 28, 2020

Hunting & Fishing

Outdoors Calendar: June 28, 2020

Local WV anglers take first, second in King Kat circuit tournament

Hunting & Fishing

Local WV anglers take first, second in King Kat circuit tournament

By John McCoy Staff writer

Want to teach a kid to fish? Here's how a pro does it

Hunting & Fishing

Want to teach a kid to fish? Here's how a pro does it

By John McCoy Staff writer

John McCoy: There are fish, and there are 'memory fish'

John McCoy

John McCoy: There are fish, and there are 'memory fish'

By John McCoy Staff writer

Study underway on effects of moving rattlesnakes away from areas of high human use

News

Study underway on effects of moving rattlesnakes away from areas of high human use

By Rick Steelhammer Staff writer

Outdoors Calendar: June 21, 2020

Hunting & Fishing

Outdoors Calendar: June 21, 2020

Jun 21, 2020

Today

Researchers use 'shocking' method to capture catfish

Hunting & Fishing

Researchers use 'shocking' method to capture catfish

By John McCoy Staff writer
Jun 20, 2020

LEON — With its two spider-like electrodes dangling into the water, the big boat idled along slowly.

John McCoy: Mystery muskie appears to be a rare (for WV) tiger

John McCoy

John McCoy: Mystery muskie appears to be a rare (for WV) tiger

By John McCoy Staff writer
Jun 20, 2020

There’s a tiger prowling the Kanawha River.

‘People have rediscovered their state parks’: As revenue plunges, new parks chief encouraged by in-state tourism growth

News

‘People have rediscovered their state parks’: As revenue plunges, new parks chief encouraged by in-state tourism growth

By John McCoy Staff writer
Jun 16, 2020

Brad Reed knows he has a tough job to do.

During the COVID-19 shutdown, state park kitchens became school kids' meal ticket

News

During the COVID-19 shutdown, state park kitchens became school kids' meal ticket

By John McCoy Staff writer
Jun 13, 2020

When West Virginia’s state parks closed down during the height of the COVID-19 crisis, some of the parks’ kitchen staffs got really, really busy.

A trophy trout fishery in Stephens Lake? Officials say it's possible

Hunting & Fishing

A trophy trout fishery in Stephens Lake? Officials say it's possible

By John McCoy Staff writer
Jun 13, 2020

Something big is happening in the depths of Stephens Lake.

Anglers have kind words for 'essential' trout-hatchery workers

Hunting & Fishing

Anglers have kind words for 'essential' trout-hatchery workers

By John McCoy Staff writer
Jun 13, 2020

At the Reeds Creek Trout Hatchery in Pendleton County, a little yellow fish made from felt dangles from a bulletin board alongside a hand-lettered poem.

John McCoy: Congress takes up measure to properly fund public lands

John McCoy

John McCoy: Congress takes up measure to properly fund public lands

By John McCoy Staff writer
Jun 13, 2020

Earlier this week, the U.S. Senate took up a bill that all hunters and anglers should support.

Outdoors Calendar: June 14, 2020

Hunting & Fishing

Outdoors Calendar: June 14, 2020

Jun 13, 2020

June 21

Study yields options for WV hunting and fishing license restructuring

Hunting & Fishing

Study yields options for WV hunting and fishing license restructuring

By John McCoy Staff writer
Jun 6, 2020

ROANOKE — If West Virginia’s natural resource officials ever want to change the state’s hunting and fishing license structure, they now know how much people will be willing to pay.

Building added at park where John Henry legend (or real-life story?) lives on

News

Building added at park where John Henry legend (or real-life story?) lives on

By Rick Steelhammer Staff writer
Jun 6, 2020

TALCOTT — The high-pitched, buzzing drone of thousands of cicadas echoed off Big Bend Mountain on Thursday, providing eerie, minimalist background music as Rick Moorefield and Mike Cales put their carpentry skills to use preparing John Henry Historical Park’s new interpretive center for opening.

John McCoy: A most unusual meeting, indeed

John McCoy

John McCoy: A most unusual meeting, indeed

By John McCoy Staff writer
Jun 6, 2020

ROANOKE — Last Sunday’s meeting of the state Natural Resources Commission was unique, for a couple of reasons.

State reveals 2020 slate of state-park deer hunts

Hunting & Fishing

State reveals 2020 slate of state-park deer hunts

By John McCoy Staff writer
Jun 6, 2020

ROANOKE — Deer hunters will be able to hunt in six West Virginia state parks this fall.

Outdoors calendar: June 7, 2020

Hunting & Fishing

Outdoors calendar: June 7, 2020

Jun 6, 2020

June 13

Construction begins on Forks of Coal nature center

Kanawha Valley

Construction begins on Forks of Coal nature center

By John McCoy Staff writer
Jun 5, 2020

ALUM CREEK — After 31/2 years of planning, the final phases of work on West Virginia’s newest nature center are underway.

$27M in Abandoned Mine Lands grants fund trails, campgrounds on former sites across WV

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$27M in Abandoned Mine Lands grants fund trails, campgrounds on former sites across WV

By Rick Steelhammer Staff writer
Jun 1, 2020

An 8-mile-long Blackwater Canyon Loop Trail in Tucker County, a new ATV resort in Boone County and a new wildlife education center at the Forks of Coal State Natural Area in Kanawha County are among projects recommended for funding from this year’s allocation of Abandoned Mine Lands funds.

Natural Resources Commission votes to extend spring turkey season

Hunting & Fishing

Natural Resources Commission votes to extend spring turkey season

By John McCoy Staff writer
May 31, 2020

ROANOKE — West Virginia’s spring turkey season just got eight days longer.

Outdoors Calendar: May 31, 2020

Hunting & Fishing

Outdoors Calendar: May 31, 2020

May 31, 2020

Today

A purple brown trout? Strange as it seems, yes!

Hunting & Fishing

A purple brown trout? Strange as it seems, yes!

By John McCoy Staff writer
May 30, 2020

Question: When is a brown trout not a brown trout?

Vote on WV's buck limit delayed to 'give more folks time to respond'

Hunting & Fishing

Vote on WV's buck limit delayed to 'give more folks time to respond'

By John McCoy Staff writer
May 28, 2020

A much-anticipated vote to lower West Virginia’s bag limit for buck deer has been postponed.

Outdoors Calendar: May 24, 2020

Hunting & Fishing

Outdoors Calendar: May 24, 2020

May 24, 2020

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ATV riders swarm back to Hatfield-McCoy trails after two-month COVID-19 closure

Recreation

ATV riders swarm back to Hatfield-McCoy trails after two-month COVID-19 closure

By Rick Steelhammer Staff writer
May 23, 2020

GILBERT — During the two-month closure of Southern West Virginia’s Hatfield-McCoy Trails over COVID-19 concerns, operators of businesses catering to trail riders wondered when, or even if, the trail system would be allowed to reopen for the year.

Commission's first-ever 'virtual' meeting will include a vote on WV's buck limit

Hunting & Fishing

Commission's first-ever 'virtual' meeting will include a vote on WV's buck limit

By John McCoy Staff writer
May 23, 2020

The next meeting of the West Virginia Natural Resources Commission might be the most unusual one ever held.

John McCoy: Cicada hatch could be a boost for WV trout anglers

John McCoy

John McCoy: Cicada hatch could be a boost for WV trout anglers

By John McCoy Staff writer
May 23, 2020

Trout fishing is about to get very interesting in southern and southeastern West Virginia.

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Funerals for Thursday, July 2, 2020

Adkins, Anne - 6 p.m., Roush Funeral Home, Ravenswood.

Morton, Freda - 11 a.m., Hafer Funeral Home, Elkview.

Nunn, Terry - 7 p.m., Good Shepherd Mortuary, South Charleston.

Olive, Rex - 2 p.m., Hafer Funeral Home, Elkview.

Reynolds, George - 2 p.m., Dodd & Reed Funeral Home, Webster Springs.

Rhodes, Ella - 4 p.m., Waybright Funeral Home, Ripley.

Rose, Carol - 10 a.m., Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans.

Waldron, Helen - 1 p.m., Forks of Coal Cemetery, Alum Creek.

Wibberg, David - 11 a.m., St. Anthony Catholic Church, Charleston.