By Cranberry Glades Botanical Area photographed by Steve Shaluta Photography, steveshaluta.com
Quest Virginia
This story was originally published in the July 2017 issue of Wonderful West Virginia. To subscribe, visit wonderfulwv.com. North Bend State Park helps nature novices take their first steps toward outdoor adventures. When Miki Gain of Salem turned 50 in 2016, she decided to start doing the things she had
Saving the Sentinels
This story was originally published in the July 2017 issue of Wonderful West Virginia. To subscribe, visit wonderfulwv.com. Tiny bugs have put hemlocks—some of West Virginia’s oldest, biggest trees—in danger. But biologists are fighting back. The meeting started on an ominous note. “The guy came to me and said, ‘Do you want
On the Grapevine
This story was originally published in the July 2017 issue of Wonderful West Virginia. To subscribe, visit wonderfulwv.com. West Virginia’s wild grapes offer unique flavors not found in the supermarket aisles. Anyone familiar with the story of Adam and Eve knows about the temptation of fruit. But in this case,
The Industrial Archaeologist
Engineer-historian Emory Kemp has spent a career championing the engineers behind the original technological revolution—and saving their work for future generations. Emory Kemp keeps a two-inch-thick cross section of an I-beam at his house in Morgantown. It’s rusted along the sides of the capital “I” shape— those are the surfaces
