Southeastern Naturalist Volume 14, Special Issue 7, 2015

Canaan Valley & Environs

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Front cover
Inside front cover
Dedication
Board of Editors/indicia page
General Acknowledgments
RESEARCH ARTICLES
Introduction George Constantz and Ron Preston	1
The Geology of Canaan Valley David L. Matchen	7
Climate of Canaan Valley Christoph A. Vogel and Robert J. Leffler	18
Soils of Canaan Valley and Adjacent Mountains John Sencindiver, Kevin Thomas, and Jason Teets	33
Characteristics of Wetland Soils Impacted by Acid Mine Drainage Kyle Stephens, John Sencindiver, and Jeff Skousen	40
Characterization of Soil Developing in Reclaimed Upper Freeport Coal Surface Mines Jennifer Lanham, John Sencindiver, and Jeff Skousen	58
Terrestrial and Longitudinal Linkages of Headwater Streams J. Bruce Wallace and Sue L. Eggert	65
Overview of Hydrologic and Geologic Investigations Conducted in Canaan Valley, West Virginia Douglas B. Chambers, Jeffrey B. Wiley, and Mark D. Kozar	87
Water Quality Trends in the Blackwater River Watershed, West Virginia Jessica Smith, Stuart A. Welsh, James T. Anderson, and Ronald H. Fortney	103
Water-Quality Assessment and Environmental Impact Minimization for Highway Construction in a Mining-impacted Watershed: The Beaver Creek Drainage Roger C. Viadero, Jr. and Ronald H. Fortney	112
Rare Plant Communities in Canaan Valley, West Virginia Ronald H. Fortney, Steven L. Stephenson, and James S. Rentch	121
Plant Communities of Abes Run Wetland, Canaan Valley State Park, West Virginia James S. Rentch, Ronald H. Fortney, James T. Anderson, and William N. Grafton	136
Rare Plants of Canaan Valley, West Virginia Rodney L. Bartgis, Elizabeth A. Byers, Ronald H. Fortney, William Grafton, and M. Ashton Berdine	158
Vegetation of Managed Grasslands in the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge Kelly A. Chadbourne and James T. Anderson	187
Longevity of Interrupted Fern Colonies Andrea Faust and Raymond L. Petersen	203
Exotic and Invasive Plants in Canaan Valley William N. Grafton and Ronald H. Fortney	210
White-tailed Deer and Balsam Woolly Adelgid Effects on Balsam Fir in Canaan Valley Chad Cherefko, Collin Fridley, Jason Medsger, Melvin Woody, and James T. Anderson	218
Rare Plant and Animal Species of Canaan Valley Brian McDonald	232
Invertebrate Biomass in Mowed and Unmowed Fields of Canaan Valley Kelly A. Chadbourne and James T. Anderson	252
In-Situ Bioassay Response of Freshwater Mussels to Acid Mine Drainage Pollution and its Mitigation Janet L. Clayton, Shelly A. Miller, and Raymond Menendez	261
Historic Fishery of the Blackwater River Peter E. Zurbuch	276
Fishes of the Blackwater River Drainage, Tucker County, West Virginia Daniel A. Cincotta, Stuart A. Welsh, Douglas .P. Wegman, Thomas E. Oldham, and Lara B. Hedrick	297
Amphibians in the Canaan Valley Drainage Thomas K. Pauley	314
A General Overview of the Birds of Canaan Valley and Tucker County John Northeimer	323
American Woodcock Habitat Changes in Canaan Valley and Environs Ann K. Steketee, Petra Bohall Wood, and Ian D. Gregg	331
Temporal Variation in Songbird Abundance on Grasslands in Canaan Valley, West Virginia Kelly A. Chadbourne and James T. Anderson	344
Nesting Birds in Hawthorn-Savannah Habitats of Canaan Valley, Tucker County, West Virginia James T. Anderson and Kelly A. Chadbourne	357
Waterfowl Surveys in Canaan Valley: 1979–1993 Edwin D. Michael and Sandra L. Brown	365
A History of Wildlife Management in Canaan Valley and Environs Walter A. Lesser and Jack I. Cromer	372
Historic Game Harvests in Canaan Valley and Tucker County, West Virginia Edwin D. Michael, Sandra L. Brown, and Walter S. Brown	382
Prehistory of Canaan Valley: An Ecological View George D. Constantz	405
An Environmental History of Canaan Valley Kenneth L. Carvell	428
The Fernow Experimental Forest and Canaan Valley: A History of Research Mary Beth Adams and James N. Kochenderfer	433
The Civilian Conservation Corps in Tucker County, West Virginia, 1933–1942 Larry Sypolt	441
Skiing from Top to Bottom: The History of Skiing in Canaan Valley John Lutz	447
Canaan Valley: Promised Land or Battleground for Outdoor Recreation and Nature-based Tourism Steven W. Selin and Naira Zepeda	455
A Final Canaan Valley View George Constantz and Ronald Preston	466