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Editor's note: This story has been updated with the correct time for the Oct. 22 public meeting.

It was a bluebird-sky afternoon. There was not a wisp of wind, and being under the canopy of the late summer/early fall trees was like walking in a library — it was quiet.

The wait is over: archery season opens on Saturday.

WEBSTER SPRINGS — For years, there has been speculation about the unique pattern visible in the rocks in the Elk River beneath the bridge at the traffic light in Webster Springs.

Guided nature walks covering such topics as trees, wildflowers, birds, geology and insects will take place Saturday in Kanawha State Forest as part of the annual Margaret Denison Fall Nature Walks program.

The squirrel season opened statewide on Saturday. It is long, and it doesn’t close until the end of February.

I just returned from a remote wilderness river trip. The trip covered 93 miles of the Salmon River in Idaho over seven days of floating in whitewater rafts and eight nights of tent-camping on sandy beaches along the river.

Somewhere, somehow, I had gotten it in my head that the hike to the top of Seneca Rocks was flat. This is not the case, I learned around 8 p.m. one evening in Pendleton County as the sun set faster than anticipated.

On a walk the other morning with my trusty trail dog Blue, we ran into an interesting find.

As I write this article, my hands and fingers are still cold from my morning hike in the woods along the river.

In anticipation of leaves changing in the coming months, the West Virginia Department of Tourism has released its 2024 Fall Foliage Projection Map to guide people toward scenic views.

We are walking down the trail towards September. With school starting and fall sports practice in full swing and of course, the college football opener right around the corner, it may be time to switch our mindset.

What meanders its way through the heart of West Virginia’s eastern mountains, passing through 311 miles of forest and farmland from the Pennsylvania border to a junction with the Appalachian Trail atop Monroe County’s Peters Mountain at the Virginia frontier?

Arc of Appalachia — an Ohio-based land conservancy nonprofit that has protected 11,115 acres of forest in Southern Ohio — plans to extend its conservation mission into West Virginia with the acquisition of a remote, undeveloped 1,270-acre tract in Greenbrier County.

There are “big fish� people. I have met them. They are just like sportsmen and women who tag trophy whitetail deer every year.

The first couple weeks of August hold a very special place in my mind -- a specific chapter dedicated to hot and humid weather, long days with early morning starts and late-night returns, fly rods, brown trout, smallmouth, top water bites and, of course, friends.

WESTON — More than 170 U.S. Marine Corps and 10 Air Force personnel are honing their civil engineering and heavy equipment operating skills while making an estimated $1.1 million in improvements to Stonewall Resort State Park‘s infrastructure during a monthlong training exercise.

We decided to go fishing. The calendar was blocked, and all urgent matters were cleared to open the window for a morning outing.

As of Friday, moderate to extreme drought conditions were found across 91% of the West Virginia landscape, following the 12th driest June since 1895 and a parched first three weeks of July.

GAULEY BRIDGE — Sometimes, it takes a village to save an osprey chick.