Places We Protect

Cranesville Swamp The permanent cool, wet setting of the preserve has created a peat bog – consisting of wet spongy ground and decomposing vegetation with poor drainage. © Kent Mason

With your help, The Nature Conservancy has protected more than 125,000 acres of critical natural lands in West Virginia.

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Pike Knob Preserve Secluded amid North Fork Mountain lies TNC’s Pike Knob. © Kent Mason

Opportunity

Volunteer Preserve Stewards

Do you have prior experience with trail maintenance, non-native invasive species control, boundary marking and supervision of other volunteers?

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Brush Creek Preserve

Scenic in all seasons, with spring, summer and fall each offering their unique wildflower displays.

Hungry Beech Preserve

Features nearly 30 acres of outstanding cove hardwood and oak-hickory forests.

Slaty Mountain Preserve

A high-quality shale barren that is home to a variety of rare species.

Bear Rocks Preserve

A cornerstone of a diverse and complex ecosystem of windswept heath barrens.

Brooklyn Heights Preserve

Oak and hardwood forests are nestled between McGowan Mountain and the Black Fork River.

Canaan Valley/Dolly Sods

In May 2018, we protected 1,143 acres along the Allegheny Front in the Dolly Sods and Canaan Valley.

Charlotte Ryde Preserve

Spectacular white water runs through this remote part of Cheat Canyon, which features a variety of rare plants and animals.

Cranesville Swamp

This lush forest and wetland is home to an exceptional variety of plants and animals.

Mount Porte Crayon

One of the wildest and least explored high mountains in West Virginia.

Pike Knob Preserve

Dry conditions help to make this preserve one of the most ecologically significant areas in the Central Appalachians.

Upper Shavers Fork

Located at the center of a watershed that is the heart of our red spruce forests.

Eidolon Preserve

Farmed and logged in the past, today the preserve is mostly forest with oaks and maples predominating.

Greenland Gap Preserve

Ringed by Oriskany Sandstone cliffs, which rise above the waters of the creek.

Ice Mountain Preserve

Home to a collection of boreal plants usually found much further north.

Yankauer Preserve

An encouraging example of what happens to agricultural land after it is given back to nature.

Murphy Preserve

Older oak-hickory forest on a rolling topography of hills and coves. Visit
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