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Cherokee County farm gains easement.
But should lands be restored to accommodate the big cats?
Almost 1,200 acres of the unique landscape of the Dolly Sods and Canaan Valley region have been purchased by The Nature Conservancy.
And in West Virginia, a stretch of the Wild Cheat River is made a wildlife management area.
It will be the most extensive survey of the 2,180-mile trail in its 90-year history.
Cherokee County farm gains easement.
But should lands be restored to accommodate the big cats?
Almost 1,200 acres of the unique landscape of the Dolly Sods and Canaan Valley region have been purchased by The Nature Conservancy.
And in West Virginia, a stretch of the Wild Cheat River is made a wildlife management area.
It will be the most extensive survey of the 2,180-mile trail in its 90-year history.
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