CHARLESTON – About 32,000 acres of West Virginia forest land in Logan, Lincoln and Mingo counties will now be protected as wildlife habitat for the state’s new elk population and recreational uses thanks to a partnership between the state and a large environmental preservation non-profit. The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources working with The Conservation Fund, recently completed the protection of the sustainable working forestland that provides ideal elk habitat with more than $12 million from the Wildlife Restoration Program. …”These working forest lands have been enrolled in the DNR’s wildlife management area system, where they will be managed to generate high quality wildlife habitat and provide tremendous hunting and wildlife viewing opportunities.”