| The Monongahela National Forest has gotten a little bit bigger, thanks to the Nature Conservancy.
More than 1000 acres have been added through a deal between The Nature Conservancy and the U.S. Forest Service.
The Nature Conservancy acquired the property nearly a year ago and sold it to the Forest Service for $1.73 million.
The money comes from a fund financed by royalties from offshore drilling. The land used to be owned by MeadWestvaco.
The Monongahela National Forest already sprawls across 920,000 acres in 10 West Virginia counties.
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