With the signing of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, an additional 37,741 acres of the federal land managed by the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia has been given wilderness designation. Though the areas that received this designation have been previously managed for their recreational value, designating them wilderness affords them significant long-term protection.

Presented here in Google Maps are the wilderness areas of the MNF. Darker green areas are the Cranberry, Laurel Fork, Otter Creek, and Dolly Sods Wilderness Areas. The lighter green areas received new wilderness designation under the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, Subtitle A – Wild Monongahela Wilderness.

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Sources: WVGIS Data, MNF Cranberry Wilderness Brochure, USFS series quadrangle maps, wvwild.org, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 and referenced maps.

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