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History & Culture
As our nation has grown, so too has the way we have used our forests and natural resources. The land that is now Monongahela National Forest has gone through many changes over the last 100 years, and our story of conservation reflects the demands of expansion and subsequent restoration necessary to ensure that the Forest continues to deliver benefits to the public for the next 100 years.
Features
This Week in History
Each week during our centennial celebration we will highlight a story from the 100 years of history on Monongahela for the current week. Join us for highlights and retrospectives featuring many of the biggest moments in Forest history as well as a few of the smaller, lesser known tales.
2020 Centennial Virtual Exhibit
During our centennial celebration, we will highlight artifacts from forest history. These may be tools used for over the years by the Forest Service to steward the land, relics from people who occupied the land before it was federally managed, or indicators from natural history that describes the land from it's natural state. All items are used to tell a story of land management that has brought the Monongahela to where we are today.
Spotlights
Fire Towers: Fifty Years of Early Detection and Fire Protection
Nearly a half-century since the last fire tower was staffed on Monongahela National Forest, the vision of the lone sentinel high above the forest in a remote tower still lingers.
The Gateway
This unique, one-of-a-kind, stone structure quickly became a prominent roadside landmark and recognizable Monongahela National Forest icon.
Forestry’s First Steps in West Virginia: Rothkugel’s Plantation Remembered
Situated on a quiet stretch of Route 28 in the East Fork of the Greenbrier River valley of Pocahontas County is one of the oldest experimental tree plantations of its kind in the state.
A Century of Forest Recreation
The Forest strives to provide a range of recreational opportunities and improve its facilities to meet diverse needs of the American public as the number of visitors grows each year.
