Download or read book The Vegetation of Canaan Valley West Virginia written by Ronald H. Fortney and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Survey of the Vegetation of Canaan Valley written by Ronald H. Fortney and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Climate of Canaan Valley West Virginia written by David C. Lesher and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed review of the weather and climate of Canaan Valley with a comprehensive collection of weather data in tables, graphs and narratives, including historical profiles of the people who played important roles as weather observers in the valley area.

Download or read book Canaan Valley written by Norma Jean Venable and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the plants and animals of Canaan Valley, West Virginia.

Download or read book Vegetation of West Virginia written by Earl Lemley Core and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fortune Seekers in the Promised Land written by Stephen Schimpff and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-10-09 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: West Virginia's Canaan Valley and Blackwater Canyon, being comprised of state parks, national forests, a wildlife refuge and a national wilderness, are a destination to reconnect with nature. Beautiful but it pales to its virgin state. 100 years ago it was a wasteland destroyed by clear-cut logging and aggressive coal mining. Schimpff and Miller detail in words & photographs the region's origin, discovery by speculators, desecration by developers, and on-going recovery. German immigrants discovered Canaan Valley in 1748 proclaiming "Besiehe das Land Kanaan" ("Behold, the land of Canaan"). Having experienced continuing war in their homeland, they were searching for a "new Canaan" and they believed it found. Huge stands of red spruce and hemlock lined the north facing slopes. This was not just another virgin forest. The height and girth of the trees surpassed any others near and far with average trunk diameters of 4 feet and more. It was truly magnificent in its pristine glory. The timber of Canaan Valley was not to be surpassed. An acre of timber would produce up to 100,000 board feet, surpassing by a factor of more than 4 times any area nearby. And under the land lay vast deposits of coal waiting to be extracted. Short-term economic gains enabled by uncontrolled rapidly advancing technologies laid waste to the land and water. By 1920 the Valley was desolate, the result of fortune seekers in the "promised land" clear cutting all the trees leaving a land devoid of vegetation. Great fires and topsoil runoff ensued. Coal mining activities resulted in acid runoff that still pollutes some of the streams. The once "promised land" seemed to hold little promise. Nearly one hundred years has past and the land struggles to recover. Much of Canaan Valley, nearby Blackwater Canyon and Dolly Sods has been acquired by federal and state agencies with intent for it to be forever protected. Enjoyed by many visitors and permanent residents for its recreational and wildlife beneficial attributes it may never fully recover its past grandeur. Will today's fortune seekers learn from the experiences of the past, or are we destined to repeat them in some other manner or form? Only time will tell.

Download or read book Land of Canaan written by John W. Preble and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Upland Forests of West Virginia written by Steven L. Stephenson and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents a joint effort of more than twenty individuals, all of whom are leading authorities in their respective fields. It is a comprehensive source of basic information on the biota & general ecology of the subalpine coniferous & northern hardwood forests that occur at elevations above 3,000 feet in the mountains of eastern Virginia.

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Download or read book West Virginia Medicinal Plants Trees Shrubs A Field Guide written by Bill Church and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2004-05 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 8.5 X 11 Paperback - Spiral Bound to lay flat, 145 pages with color photos. Describes plant usage, location, when to harvest, parts to harvest, where it is found, properties of the plant, and when it is in bloom;has sections that tell when to gather, when it blooms by month and which plants to use for what ailment. Also has color photos for each plant listed.

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