Burches Run Wildlife Management Area

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name = Burches Run Wildlife Management Area
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category = West Virginia Wildlife Management Area

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image_caption = The Eastern Gray Squirrel ("Sciurus carolinensis") is found in the Burches Run WMA
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state = West Virginia
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region = Marshall
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owner = West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
management = Wildlife Resources Section, WVDNR
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map_caption = Location of Burches Run Wildlife Management Area in West Virginia
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Burches Run Wildlife Management Area, formerly Burches Run Lake WMA, is located on convert|55|acre near Wheeling in Marshall County, West Virginia. Until 2005 the wildlife management area contained a lake [http://www.wvdnr.gov/Hunting/D1WMAareas.shtm#3d1 Burches Run web page, West Virginia Department of Natural Resources] ] impounded by a dam at risk of failure. [cite web |url= http://www.wvca.us/flood/pdf/19_Appendix_M_WVDEP_Division_of_Water_and_Waste_Management_Dam_Saftey_Programs.pdf|title=West Virginia Statewide Flood Protection Plan, Appendix M - List of Deficient Dams |accessdate=2008-07-12
author=West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection |date= |year=2000 |month= |format= |work=
publisher=West Virginia Conservation Agency |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] The name change occurred after the dam was removed. The terrain climbs gently above Burches Run and is covered by a mature oak-hickory second-growth forest.

Directions

Burches Run WMA is located at the intersection of Pine Hill Road and Big Wheeling Creek Road about convert|8|mi|km south of Wheeling, Pine Hill Road, also designated as County Route 14 is accessed off of WV State Route 88. Big Wheeling Creek Road is accessed near the intersection of US Route 40 and I-70 at Elm Grove. [ [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.039378,-80.654669&spn=0.031148,0.075188&t=h&z=14 Google Maps at Elm Grove, West Virginia] ]

Hunting

Hunting opportunities, limited by the small size of the area, include deer, squirrel, and water fowl. Camping is prohibited at this WMA. [ [http://www.wvdnr.gov/Hunting/WMAAreas.shtm Wildlife Management Areas] West Virginia Division of Natural Resources]

ee also

*Animal conservation
*Buffalo Creek Flood
*List of dam failures
*List of West Virginia wildlife management areas

References

External links

* [http://www.wvdnr.gov/Hunting/D1WMAareas.shtm West Virginia DNR District 1 Wildlife Management Areas]
* [http://www.wvdnr.gov/hunting/hunting_regs.shtm West Virginia Hunting Regulations]
* [http://www.wvdnr.gov/fishing/fishing.shtm West Virginia Fishing Regulations]