Research Article
Modeling Critical Forest Habitat in the Southern Coal Fields of West Virginia
Table 1
Land cover/land use data for study area.
| | Land cover/land use | Hectares | Percentage |
| | Forested | 1,892,774 | 82.9% | | Grasslands/pastureland/agricultural land | 172,316 | 7.5% | | Barren/developed | 54,770 | 2.4% | | Forested in permit (not disturbed) | 72,505 | 3.2% | | Grasslands in permit (potentially reclaimed) | 44,314 | 1.9% | | Barren in permit (potentially active mining or not yet reclaimed) | 25,621 | 1.1% | | Open water | 20,318 | 0.9% |
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