America's Great Outdoors
High in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia, Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge has a cool, moist climate more typical of Maine. Many plants and animals are near their southern limits amidst the valley’s rugged beauty. Rare species abound in...

High in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia, Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge has a cool, moist climate more typical of Maine. Many plants and animals are near their southern limits amidst the valley’s rugged beauty. Rare species abound in the high elevation wetlands. Visitors enjoy misty mornings, snowy winters, cool summers and expansive views looking over mountains, grasslands and wetlands. Photo of Joe-pye weed growing along the Blackwater River by Gerri Wilson, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service volunteer.

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