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Flooding last weekend caused two barges in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Park to break loose and float down the Potomac River in the Eastern Panhandle.
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Two construction barges came loose from their moorings and were seen floating down the Potomac River in the Eastern Panhandle Sunday.
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On this West Virginia Morning, we explore how the New River Gorge becoming a national park is expected to bring in more visitors. Also, we have a report on the impacts of the latest census in West Virginia, an update on COVID-19 vaccinations, and a conversation with a Charleston native who visited every national park in the country.
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Advocates for the new designation of the New River Gorge as a national park say the name will bring more visitors and valuable tourism dollars to the area. As a result, hunters are losing access to land, and the increased visitation could place an additional burden on the park infrastructure.
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West Virginia’s New River Gorge will soon be redesignated from a national river to a national park and preserve, and with the new title will come some changes.
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The new federal stimulus relief package includes pandemic-related aid, as well as other end of year business, including a new national park designation for southern West Virginia.
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The National Park Service, the federal agency that oversees America’s national parks, monuments and other conservation lands, got a new leader last month. West Virginia native Margaret Everson istaking the helm at the agency. Everson comes to the role with decades of natural resources experience.
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On this West Virginia Morning, the National Park Service has a new person in charge, and she’s from West Virginia. We have a conversation with Margaret…
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More than two years after Trump dramatically shrank the protected land in Utah, the Bureau of Land Management released the framework for the move, despite continuing challenges to its legality.
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Updated on Jan. 2, 2020 at 1:30 p.m.The pedestrian footbridge remains closed, according to the National Park Service. However, all areas that were…