Stonecoal Lake Wildlife Management Area is located on 2,985 acres (1,208 ha)[2] in Lewis and Upshur counties, east of Weston, West Virginia, United States. The wildlife management area is centered on Stonecoal Lake (38°59′17″N 80°22′41″W / 38.98806°N 80.37806°W / 38.98806; -80.37806), a hydroelectric project owned by Allegheny Energy. The lake was built in 1972 (52 years ago) (1972) to provide water to Allegheny Energy's coal-fired power plant in Harrison County.

References

  1. ^ "Stonecoal Lake Wildlife Management Area". Protected Planet. IUCN. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b WVDNR District 3 Wildlife Management Areas, Accessed April 3, 2008 Archived May 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  • Winters, Kelly "Stonecoal Lake." e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. 5 November 2010. Web. 25 November 2015

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