Great Blue Heron (copy)

A great blue heron walks along the bank at Upper Falls, on the Coal River, in August 2020.

Great Blue Heron (copy)

ALUM CREEK — After restoring habitat to more than 20 miles of the Little Coal River in recent years, the West Virginia Conservation Agency, the state Department of Environmental Protection and the Coal River Group are now targeting the main stem of the Coal River for similar work.

Work is expected to begin in late summer or early fall on a 2-mile stretch of the Coal extending from the Forks of Coal, where the waters of the Big Coal and Little Coal rivers merge, to Alum Creek Lions Club Park.

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