DOLLY SODS DONATION EXPANDS BEAR ROCKS AREA

(05/04/2018)

1,143 acres of land donated to The Nature Conservancy, from the vantage point
of Bear Rocks Preserve. By Kent Mason - Courtesy of The Nature Conservancy

Nearly 2 square miles of land along the Allegheny Front, the eastern rim of the Dolly Sods plateau in Grant County, has been donated to The Nature Conservancy of West Virginia to add to the conservancy's existing, 477-acre Bear Rocks Preserve.

The 1,143-acre gift was made possible through donations from the Ann C. and Robert O. Orders Jr. Family Foundation and Maryland resident Dan Montgomery.

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