National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) wants to demolish 16 structures in the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.

Biologists from Radford University found the rodents in the Virginia section of the park, which also spans West Virginia and Maryland.

Contractors at the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park are preparing this week to remove the second of two construction barges from the Potomac River.

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.

Two construction barges came loose from their moorings and were seen floating down the Potomac River in the Eastern Panhandle Sunday.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.‌ ‌