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Great Greenbrier River Race makes it #25

What started out as a small race along the banks of the Greenbrier River back in 1986, has now become thee triathlon event in the region. The Great Greenbrier River Race is the main fund-raising event for the Greenbrier River Association. Says this year’s chairperson, Robin DeMarchi “People are very generous when it comes to [...]

Let’s Go Fishing

Last week I was surprised to see the DNR stocking truck dipping nets full of fish into Knapps Creek. Then I remembered, IT’S SPRING. Yea, Spring, with its brightly colored flowers, peeping frogs, warmer temperatures, and the Rubber Footed Flannel Crested River Wader, better known as the legendary Angler. As the snow melts, the streams [...]

Clear Your Mind…Go Fishing

I started out writing this with lots of facts about fishing here in Pocahontas County. But then I got in a state of fishing and it all changed. Some of the sweetest times I can remember with my dad were times that he would take me out fishing with him when I was a kid [...]

Plan your birding trip now

Do you think it a bit odd I’m writing about birds when there is 7 to 10 inches of snow on the ground? I agree, it is, but I have a point, really. The Marlinton Ranger District of the Monongahela National Forest has developed some pretty amazing maps for finding birds, when the weather gets [...]