Research Article
Modeling Critical Forest Habitat in the Southern Coal Fields of West Virginia
Table 2
Land cover/land use data for the Coal River Watershed.
| | Land cover/land use | Hectares | Percentage of watershed |
| | Forested | 168,420 | 73.0% | | Grasslands/pastureland/agricultural land | 1,6420 | 7.1% | | Barren/developed | 4,140 | 1.8% | | Forested in permit (not disturbed) | 20,070 | 8.7% | | Grasslands in permit (potentially reclaimed) | 12,760 | 5.5% | | Barren in permit (potentially active mining or not yet reclaimed) | 7,640 | 3.3% | | Open water | 1,310 | 0.6% |
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