Wildlife Management Area Created in Marion
Morgantown Dominion Post
17 September 2010
FAIRMONT — West Virginia’s Division of Natural Resources said it’s
creating a new wildlife management area on land leased from coal and
gas producer CONSOL Energy.
The agency said Thursday the new Dents Run Wildlife Management Area
will be the DNR’s first such recreation area in Marion County. A
dedication is set for Sept. 24.
DNR director Frank Jezioro said the wildlife management area will be
especially beneficial to hunters and anglers from Harrison, Marion and
western Monongalia counties, where public hunting lands are scarce.
Dents Run consists of 1,226 acres — just under 2 square miles — in
western Marion County near Mannington.