Jan 1, 2021StrategicPlan
BoardWest Virginia Division of Natural Resources Elk Management Plan 2021-2025
This strategic plan outlines the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources' approach to establish and manage a healthy, free-ranging elk population in southwestern West Virginia from FY2021 to FY2025. Key objectives include delineating and monitoring the Elk Management Area, continuing elk translocation to complement herd growth, managing a self-sustaining population to provide recreational opportunities, minimizing human-elk conflicts, promoting public awareness of the elk resource, and evaluating the population's health conditions. The plan aims to achieve a stable, self-sustaining herd capable of supporting a limited hunter harvest program, offering significant recreational and other benefits to the state's citizens.