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• Flora

  West Virginia’s original 1,700 plant species blanketed the entire state. Native forests still cover nearly 80 percent of the land or nearly 12 million acres. However, almost 30 percent of our plant species are aliens. The original species provided food, …

• The Environment

  … issues arose with the reclamation of mine sites with exotic plant species; the filling of valleys with rock and dirt; the weathering of exposed rocks and soils; increased erosion; and subsidence. The forests faced another round of logging in the late …

• Fauna

  The fauna of West Virginia include all those animals typically identified as wild. Those animals that have been domesticated and kept in captivity, such as dogs, cats, horses, cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs, are usually not included. There are two …

• West Virginia Moon

  … University, created the piece for the West Virginia Centennial Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture. Moss’s piece—made out of six weathered boards, a piece of old screen door, and some leftover paint—won first prize for a painting by a West Virginia …

• The Semi-Centennial

  “The weather conditions were ideal. The sky was purest azure, and a breeze which at times became … the rays of the bright sun.” The _Wheeling Intelligencer_ described the weather when thousands, representing at least 28 states, gathered to celebrate West …

• Flood of 1937

  … floods before. When the first settlers made their way into the valley, they found the river was subject to dramatic changes. When the weather was dry, it could be so shallow that one early settler described it as “a mile across and a foot deep.” Yet the …