Big Ugly Wildlife Management Area

Big Ugly Wildlife Management Area
Wildlife Management Area
Raccoon (Procyon lotor), is found in the Big Ugly WMA
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Lincoln

Elevation	620 ft (189.0 m)
Coordinates	38°04′8″N 82°04′21″W / 38.06889°N 82.07250°W / 38.06889; -82.07250Coordinates: 38°04′8″N 82°04′21″W / 38.06889°N 82.07250°W / 38.06889; -82.07250

Area	6,000 acres (2,428.1 ha) ^[1]

Management	West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
Owner	Forestland Group

For public	Hunting

IUCN category	IV - Habitat/Species government Area

Nearest town	Logan, West Virginia

Location of Big Ugly Wildlife Management Area in West Virginia
Website: WVDNR District 5 Wildlife Management Areas

Big Ugly Wildlife Management Area is located on 3,061 acres (1,239 ha)^[1] near Logan in Lincoln County, West Virginia. The Big Ugly's steep terrain is covered with mixed hardwoods second growth woodlands. Camping is not allowed at Big Ugly WMA,^[1] but is available at nearby Chief Logan State Park.

Directions

From West Hamlin in Lincoln County, follow County Route 100 south to County Route 7. Turn north on County Route 7 (Greenshoal Road)^[2] to the community of Leet. At Leet, turn onto Laurel Fork Road and continue about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the Big Ugly WMA.

Hunting

Hunting opportunities include deer, grouse, raccoon, squirrel, and turkey.^[3]

References

1 2 3 WVDNR District 5 Wildlife Management Areas, Accessed May 3, 2008
↑ ACME Mapper 2.0 (Map). ACME Laboratories. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
↑ Wildlife Management Areas West Virginia Division of Natural Resources

External links

Protected areas of West Virginia

Federal

National Historical Parks	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Harpers Ferry

National Forests	George Washington and Jefferson Monongahela

National Recreation Areas	Gauley River (NPS) Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks (USFS)

National Wildlife Refuges	Canaan Valley Ohio River Islands

National Trails System	Appalachian National Scenic Trail

Wilderness Areas	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 NSR New River Gorge

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 Cheat Canyon Chief Cornstalk Conaway Run Lake Cross Creek Dents Run Dunkard Fork East Lynn Lake Edwards Run Elk Creek Elk River Fairfox Pond-Rehe Fort Mill Ridge Fox Forest 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

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Big Ugly Wildlife Management Area

Directions

Hunting

See also

References

External links