Anawalt Lake Wildlife Management Area

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Coordinates: 37°19′7″N 81°25′19″W / 37.31861°N 81.42194°W

Anawalt Lake WMA
Wildlife Management Area
American Black Bear, Ursus Americanus, is found in the Anawalt Lake WMA
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	McDowell County, West Virginia

Coordinates	37°19′7″N 81°25′19″W / 37.31861°N 81.42194°W / 37.31861; -81.42194

Area	1,792 acres (725 ha) ^[1]

Management	Wildlife Resources Section, WVDNR
Owner	WVDNR

For public	Hunting, fishing Day use only, no camping

IUCN category	IV - Habitat/Species government Area

Nearest town	Welch, West Virginia

Location of Anawalt Lake Wildlife Management Area in West Virginia

Anawalt Lake Wildlife Management Area^[1] is a 1,792-acre (725 ha) protected area located in McDowell County, West Virginia.The terrain at Anawalt lake is steep, and covered with a second-growth hardwood forest. A mixed oak-hickory forest habitat dominates the drier slopes, with yellow poplar and black cherry in the moister coves.

Anawalt Lake WMA is located about 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Welch. From Welch, follow West Virginia Route 103 to West Virginia Route 161, then to County Route 84 to Anawalt. Follow County Route 8 from Anawalt to Anawalt Lake WMA.

1 Hunting and Fishing
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Hunting and Fishing

Hunting opportunities include bear, grouse, deer, squirrel, and turkey. Fishing opportunities in 7-acre (2.8 ha) Anawalt Lake include stocked trout, largemouth bass, bluegill and channel.^[2] The lake is accessible for the handicapped. Boating and live minnows bait is prohibited.

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Protected Areas of West Virginia

Federal

National Historic Parks	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park • Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

National Forests	George Washington National Forest • Jefferson National Forest • Monongahela National Forest

National Wildlife Refuges	Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge • Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge

National Trails System	Appalachian National Scenic Trail

National Recreation Areas	Gauley River National Recreation Area • Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area

National Wilderness	Big Draft Wilderness • Cranberry Wilderness • Dolly Sods Wilderness • Laurel Fork North Wilderness • Laurel Fork South Wilderness • Mountain Lake Wilderness • Otter Creek Wilderness • Roaring Plains Wilderness • Spice Run Wilderness

National Rivers	Bluestone National Scenic River • New River Gorge National River

State

State parks	Audra • Babcock • Beartown • Beech Fork • Berkeley Springs • Blackwater Falls • Blennerhassett Island • Bluestone • Cacapon Resort • Camp Creek • Canaan Valley Resort • Carnifex Ferry Battlefield • Cass Scenic Railroad • Cathedral • Cedar Creek • Chief Logan • Droop Mountain Battlefield • Fairfax Stone • Greenbrier River Trail • Hawks Nest • Holly River • Little Beaver • Lost River • Moncove Lake • North Bend Rail Trail • North Bend • Pinnacle Rock • Pipestem Resort • Prickett's Fort • Stonewall Jackson Lake • Tomlinson Run • Tu-Endie-Wei • Twin Falls Resort • Tygart Lake • Valley Falls • Watoga • Watters Smith Memorial

State forests	Cabwaylingo • Calvin Price • Camp Creek • Coopers Rock • Greenbrier • Kanawha • Kumbrabow • Seneca

Wildlife management areas	Allegheny • Amherst-Plymouth • Anawalt Lake • Bear Rock Lakes • Becky Creek • Beech Fork Lake • Berwind Lake • Beury Mountain • Big Ditch • Big Ugly • Bluestone • Burches Run • Burnsville Lake • Castleman Run Lake • Cecil H. Underwood • Center Branch • Chief Cornstalk • Conaway Run Lake • Cross Creek • Dents Run • Dunkard Fork • East Lynn Lake • Edwards Run • Elk Creek • Elk River • Fort Mill Ridge • Frozen Camp • Green Bottom • Handley • Hilbert • Hillcrest • Horse Creek • Hughes River • Huttonsville State Farm • Lantz Farm and Nature Preserve • Laurel Lake • Lewis Wetzel • Little Indian Creek • McClintic • Meadow River • Mill Creek • Moncove Lake • Morris Creek • Nathaniel Mountain • Panther • Pedlar • Pleasant Creek • Plum Orchard Lake • Pruntytown State Farm • R.D. Bailey Lake • Ritchie Mines • Sand Hill • Shannondale Springs • Short Mountain • Slatyfork • Sleepy Creek • Smoke Camp • Snake Hill • South Branch • Stonecoal Lake • Stonewall Jackson Lake • Stumptown • Summersville Lake • Tate Lohr • Teter Creek Lake • The Jug • Thorn Creek • Tug Fork • Turkey Run • Upper Deckers Creek • Upper Mud River • Valley Bend Wetlands • Wallback • Widmeyer • Woodrum Lake

Other WVDNR sites	West Virginia State Wildlife Center

Non-
governmental

Nature Conservancy preserves	Brush Creek • Bear Rocks • Cranesville Swamp • Greenland Gap • Hungry Beech • Ice Mountain • Mount Porte Crayon • Murphy • Panther Knob • Pike Knob • Slaty Mountain • Upper Shavers Fork • Yankauer

West Virginia Division of Forestry • West Virginia Division of Natural Resources

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