Big Ditch Wildlife Management Area

Big Ditch Wildlife Management Area
West Virginia Wildlife Management Area
Big Ditch Lake
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Webster

Elevation	2,241 ft (683.1 m)
Coordinates

Area	388 acres (157 ha) ^[1]

Owner	West Virginia Division of Natural Resources

For public	Hunting, fishing, No overnight camping.

IUCN category	IV - Habitat/Species government Area

Nearest town	Cowen, West Virginia

Location of Big Ditch Wildlife Management Area in West Virginia
Website: WVDNR District 3 Wildlife Management Areas

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)^[1] in size and is centered around Big Ditch Lake, a 55-acre (22 ha) man-made reservoir.

1 Directions
2 Hunting and Trapping
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

Directions

Big Ditch located along Birch River Road (West Virginia Route 82) less than 1 mile (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 bass, crappie, and channel catfish^[2] and picnics. Small game, waterfowl and bow hunting is permitted seasonally. ^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b WVDNR District 3 Wildlife Management Areas, Accessed April 3, 2008
^ Lakes West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
^ Wildlife Management Areas West Virginia Division of Natural Resources

External links

Protected Areas of West Virginia

Federal

National Historic Parks	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park • Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

National Forests	George Washington National Forest • Jefferson National Forest • Monongahela National Forest

National Wildlife Refuges	Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge • Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge

National Trails System	Appalachian National Scenic Trail

National Recreation Areas	Gauley River National Recreation Area • Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area

National Wilderness	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 National Scenic River • New River Gorge National River

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 • Chief Cornstalk • Conaway Run Lake • Cross Creek • Dents Run • Dunkard Fork • East Lynn Lake • Edwards Run • Elk Creek • Elk River • Fort Mill Ridge • 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

West Virginia Division of Forestry • West Virginia Division of Natural Resources

Big Ditch Wildlife Management Area

Contents

Directions

Hunting and Trapping

See also

References

External links