Big Ditch Wildlife Management Area
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Big Ditch Wildlife Management Area is a protected area
located in Webster County, West Virginia near the town of Cowen
. The WMA is 388 acres (157 ha) in size and is centered around Big Ditch Lake, a 55 acres (22.3 ha) man-made reservoir.
, crappie
, and channel catfish
and picnics. Small game, waterfowl
and bow
hunting is permitted seasonally.
Protected area
Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...
located in Webster County, West Virginia near the town of Cowen
Cowen, West Virginia
Cowen is a town in Webster County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 513 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Cowen is located at ....
. The WMA is 388 acres (157 ha) in size and is centered around Big Ditch Lake, a 55 acres (22.3 ha) man-made reservoir.
Directions
Big Ditch located along Birch River Road (West Virginia Route 82) less than 1 miles (1.6 km) west of the intersection of West Virginia Routes 20 and 82 at the southern edge of Cowen.Hunting and Trapping
Activities include fishing for warm water species like largemouth bassLargemouth bass
The largemouth bass is a species of black bass in the sunfish family native to North America . It is also known as widemouth bass, bigmouth, black bass, bucketmouth, Potter's fish, Florida bass, Florida largemouth, green bass, green trout, linesides, Oswego bass, southern largemouth...
, crappie
Crappie
Crappie is a genus of freshwater fish in the sunfish family of order Perciformes. The type species is P. annularis, the white crappie...
, and channel catfish
Channel catfish
Channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, is North America's most numerous catfish species. It is the official fish of Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Tennessee, and is informally referred to as a "channel cat". In the United States they are the most fished catfish species with approximately 8...
and picnics. Small game, waterfowl
Waterfowl
Waterfowl are certain wildfowl of the order Anseriformes, especially members of the family Anatidae, which includes ducks, geese, and swans....
and bow
Bowhunting
Bowhunting is the practice of killing game animals by archery. It has been a normal use of archery in every culture that had bows.- Technique :...
hunting is permitted seasonally.
See also
- Animal conservation
- HuntingHuntingHunting is the practice of pursuing any living thing, usually wildlife, for food, recreation, or trade. In present-day use, the term refers to lawful hunting, as distinguished from poaching, which is the killing, trapping or capture of the hunted species contrary to applicable law...
- List of West Virginia wildlife management areas
- Recreational fishingRecreational fishingRecreational fishing, also called sport fishing, is fishing for pleasure or competition. It can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which is fishing for profit, or subsistence fishing, which is fishing for survival....