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The Value of Wilderness to the West Virginia Economy
The “Wild Monongahela Act” has been introduced and co-sponsored by West Virginia’s Congressional Representatives (Nick Rahall, Shelley Moore Capito and Alan Mollohan). It would create four new wilderness areas within the Mon encompassing 27,141 acres and add 19,987 acres to three wilderness areas created in the 1970s and 1980s.
Read a new report on the economic value of adding Wilderness Areas to the Monongahela National Forest
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