National Hunting and Fishing Day celebration to return to Stonewall

After three years at the Summit Bechtel Reserve, the event will return to its old venue in Lewis County September 21.

West Virginia Wildlife Center reopens in Upshur County

The USDA agreed to allow the facility at French Creek to reopen to visitors after the installation of some secondary electric fence and additional surveillance cameras while work on a required perimeter fence happens.

Hunters ready for 2024 spring gobbler season

West Virginia's spring gobbler season opens April 15th and runs for five weeks

Jefferson County becomes sixth county in W.Va. with positive CWD cases

DNR officials were not surprised by the positive cases in Jefferson County and believed it was only a matter of time until they appeared given the proximity to other CWD positive counties.

Wildlife Manager pleased with success of a large controlled burn on Tomblin WMA

Flames are the best way to knock back fast growing invasive plant life which can choke out the much more essential native grasses on the steep slopes in Logan County

Angler catches the first record for red breasted sunfish

It's the second record fish caught from New Creek Lake in 2024

Gold Rush to run April 1-13 across West Virginia

Starting Monday, the streams of West Virginia will have a golden hue in hope of attracting anglers young and old

Final elk from USFS facility in Western Ky. have arrived in West Virginia

DNR officials say a large number of the cows received are bred and will start dropping calves in May

Mason County angler hauls in a record bowfin

Lauren Noble of Letart, W.Va. was looking for pre-spawn bass, but found another hungry mouth in the an Ohio River backwater in Mason County this week

West Virginia angler claims a pair of bass tournament wins in South Carolina

Tim Isaacs of Fayette County won back to back kayak bass tournaments recently on Lake Murray in South Carolina

Agreement between feds and DNR will allow trout program to resume normal operations

Four waters removed from the stocking list and 20 others will be back on the normal stocking schedule in an agreement with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. A study of the trout diet by WVU will help determine the potential risk to endangered crayfish and candy darter

Whitetail deer research into the home stretch

Data collection will continue for another year, but those working to study whitetail deer movement and mortality are into the analysis phase of the project

Wildlife Section presents recommended game and fish law changes

Commissioners will consider the proposed changes along with the input of West Virginia sportsmen from the March Sectional Meetings before making a decision.

DNR launches a four year wild turkey study

Data on wild turkeys in the state hasn't been updated in three decades since the birds were dispersed to all 55 counties

DNR engaged in study of the elusive snowshoe hare

Biologists at DNR are trying to determine the range, movement, and population of the unique high country critter

McMillion addresses inspector’s concerns at W.Va. Wildlife Center

Building a fence to satisfy requirements at French Creek isn't a concern, but the DNR Director said getting it done in a required 60 day window is an impossible task under the state's complicated purchasing rules

West Virginia trout stocking will be modified to accommodate federal concerns

DNR proposes three conservation measures to satisfy federal concerns about the impact of trout stocking on endangered aquatic species

W.Va. Wildlife Center and DNR trout stocking under federal scrutiny

Governor Jim Justice is livid with the USDA and US Fish and Wildlife Service over separate issues which he said left the Wildlife Center temporarily closed and future trout stocking in doubt

Newest additions to West Virginia elk herd have arrived in southern West Virginia

Seventeen of the anticipated 40 elk from the U.S. Forest Service's Land Between the Lakes Recreation Area in western Kentucky arrived Friday evening in Logan County

Lawmakers consider changes to the “open fields doctrine” and its 4th Amendment exemption

Measure would protect private property owners from a warrantless search, but might also make investigation of hunting violations much more difficult