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New ATV Trail System Eyed for Central West Virginia

  A feasibility study for a proposed all-terrain vehicle trail system in central West Virginia will soon be presented to the state Legislature.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that the study is expected to be complete by Jan. 4 and follows more than a year of analysis by Marshall University’s Rahall Appalachian Transportation Institute and a series of public workshops in a seven-county area.

Rahall Appalachian Transportation Institute project leader Amanda Payne says a 5,000- to 10,000-acre tract of land in the studied area will be identified as the most feasible site for the trails system, which is similar to the Hatfield-McCoy Trails network in the southern section of the state.

The study area for the new trail system includes Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer, Lewis, Nicholas and Webster counties. 

WVU Extension Service Offers ATV Safety Courses

The West Virginia University Extension Service is offering a safety course for all-terrain vehicle operators.

WVU says in a news release that a grant from the National 4-H Council allows the four-hour course to be offered at no cost to participants.

The course is offered as West Virginia gets ready for the start of the two-week gun season for deer beginning next Monday.

WVU Extension Service agent Mark Whitt in Mingo County says ATV education could help reduce preventable accidents and fatalities each year. According to the Governor’s Highway Safety Program, at least 20 ATV fatalities occurred in West Virginia through September, and 90 percent involved people who didn’t use helmets.

The course is available by contacting Whitt at (304) 235-0370. The course also can be taken online at www.atvsafety.org.

Developer to Open Welcome Center for ATV Riders

A developer plans to open a welcome center in Bluewell for all-terrain vehicle riders.

Seth Peters tells the Bluefield Daily Telegraph that the welcome center will be a place for ATV riders to stop, get water and use the restroom before they continue their journey.

Peters developed the Buffalo Trail ATV Resort, which is about three-and-a-half miles from the Pocahontas Trailhead of the Hatfield-McCoy Trails System. He says he hopes to have the welcome center open in about three weeks.

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