USFWS
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service falls under this department.
What is the Department of the Interior?
With the purchase of the 86-acre Harr Tract where this trail now sits, Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1994 as the 500th refuge in the nation.
What is the Freeland Boardwalk Trail?
Second only to humans, these large rodents are known for the ability to change their environment to suit their needs.
What are North American beavers?
You have to sign this form annually in order to volunteer on the refuge and be covered by worker's comp during volunteer activities.
What is a volunteer service agreement?
Located in Greenbrier County, this national fish hatchery raises fish to support recreation and local economies, restore native species, and protect imperiled ones, including species like the candy darter and Big Sandy crayfish.
What is White Sulphur Springs National Fish Hatchery?
The construction of the Multi-Use Facility that houses the Visitor Center and Offices for Canaan Valley NWR and the West Virginia Field Office was completed in 2020, replacing the building that was formerly this restaurant.
What is the Oriskany Inn?
The Indiana, northern long-eared, and Virginia big-eared are all examples of endangered species of this animal that use the refuge in the summer months.
What are bats?
Volunteers and Friends members are eligible for a tuition waiver for online or in-person classes offered through this facility, located in Shepherdstown, WV.
What is the National Conservation Training Center?
President Theodore Roosevelt established this refuge as the first national wildlife refuge back in 1903.
What is Pelican Island?
This trail, which opened in September, is the newest trail on the refuge and was named in honor of a past supervisor for the West Virginia Field Office.
What is the Chris Clower Trail?
Monarch butterflies are known for their incredible ability to migrate long distances. Monarchs east of the Rocky Mountains can travel 3,000 miles all the way to this country.
What is Mexico?
Good news! Volunteers are eligible for these for out-of-pocket expenses incurred during volunteer work if they report them to the Internal Revenue Service.
What are tax deductions?
With the addition of the Everglades to Gulf Conservation Area in March of 2024, this is the new total number of units in the National Wildlife Refuge System across the nation.
What is 571?
This document, completed in 2011, outlines a 15-year management strategy for the Canaan Valley NWR. It involved extensive input from the community, so watch out next year!
What is the Comprehensive Conservation Plan?
Males of this game bird species are known to establish their territories with a loud drumming sound (which is produced when they rotate their wings to create miniature vacuums).
What is a ruffed grouse?
This dollar amount is what the Independent Sector estimated as the value of a volunteer hour as of April 2024.
What is $33.49?
This law, signed in 1997, defines six priority uses of the National Wildlife Refuge System, including hunting, fishing, wildlife observation and photography, interpretation, and environmental education.
What is the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act?
In 2002, this company sold over 12,000 acres of land to the national wildlife refuge. This land was originally slated for the Davis Power Project.
Who is Allegheny Power System?
Each spring, our AmeriCorps members survey these bodies of water in search of wood frog and spotted salamander eggs and young.
What are vernal pools?
In Fiscal Year 2024, volunteers contributed this many hours of service on the refuge.
What is 4,184 hours?