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WV 7. Dobbin Slashing. Acreage: 200. 



O Location: Tucker County; N 39° 04' 30" W 79° 21'; Davis Quadrangle; 7.5 



miles ESE of Davis; reached via Rt. 39, 42, or 28. Off Forest Road 75. 



Description: An alder-sphagnum bog with few if any trees. It originally con- 

 Ill tained a dense red spruce forest which was logged and burned. A general 

 ^ description of area and photograph may be found on page 22 of the Clarkson 



reference listed below. 



References: Clarkson, R. B. 1966. Vascular flora of Monongahela National 

 Forest, W. Va. Castanea 31( 1 ): 1-1 19. 



Encroachments: Site is in extremely hazardous situation. Area is included in fu- 

 ture strip mine plans of Virginia Electric Power Co. installation on Stoney River 

 just to the north. Area is also a potential site of a pump-storage project, which 

 would flood 7000 acres of Canaan Valley, a proposal of the Monongahela 

 Power Co. 



Ownership: Western Maryland Railroad. 



Data source: E. M. Olliver, Box 1 23 1 , Elkins, W. Va. 2624 1 . 



Other knowledgeable persons: J. C. Rieffenberger, Game Biologist, Department 

 of Natural Resources, Davis, W. Va. 26260. Robert Kletzley, Game Biologist, 

 Department of Natural Resources, Davis, W. Va. 26260. 





