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Through Feb. 28 Ruffed grouse hunting season
Through Feb. 28 Raccoon hunting season
Through Feb. 28 Cottontail Rabbit, Snowshoe or Varying Hare Hunting Seasons
Through Feb. 28 Raccoon, Mink and Muskrat Trapping Seasons
Through Feb. 28 Red Fox, Gray Fox and Bobcat Hunting and Trapping Seasons
Through Mar. 6 Crow Split Hunting Season
Through Mar. 31 Beaver Trapping Season
Through May 28 Daily trout stocking report
Through Jul. 31 Coyote Night Hunting Season
February
6 Airboard Race at Canaan Valley Resort State Park
6 Jenny Lind Performance – Dinner Theater at Hawks Nest State Park
8-10 Gift Buyer’s Marketplace Weekend at Pipestem Resort State Park
11 “From Mammoths to Maize: Human Colonization of the Mid-Ohio Valley” at Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park
12-14 Great Backyard Bird Count at Pipestem Resort State Park
12-14 Sweetheart Weekend at Twin Falls Resort State Park
12-14 Sweetheart’s Escape at Cacapon Resort State Park
12-14 Sweetheart’s Weekend at North Bend State Park
12-14 Sweetheart Weekend at Pipestem Resort State Park
12-15 Valentine Weekend Package at Stonewall Resort State Park
13 Beach Blanket Bump-Off - Dinner Theater at Chief Logan Lodge
16-28 Civil War Times Exhibit at Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park
18 “From Mammoths to Maize: Human Colonization of the Mid-Ohio Valley” at Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park
20
Beach Blanket Bump-off - Murder Mystery Weekend at Pipestem Resort State Park
20 The Lilly Boys – Dinner Theater at Hawks Nest State Park
21-26 Quilters Retreat at North Bend State Park
25 “From Mammoths to Maize: Human Colonization of the Mid-Ohio Valley” at Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park
28 Natural Resources Quarterly Meeting at DNR South Charleston Headquarters
March
5-7 50th Governor’s Cup Celebration/ Wild Thing Weekend at Canaan Valley Resort State Park
6 Jazz Performance - Stolen Moments – Dinner Theater at Hawks Nest State Park
12-13 7th Annual Culinary Classic Weekend at Stonewall Resort State Park
13 24th Annual Irish Heritage Festival at Pipestem Resort State Park
13-28 6th Annual Mid-Ohio Valley Heritage Quilt Show at Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park
15 Public meetings to discuss proposed hunting, trapping and fishing regulations at selected sites
16 Public meetings to discuss proposed hunting, trapping and fishing regulations at selected sites
19-21 Scrapbook Workshop at Twin Falls Resort State Park
19-21 Women’s Getaway Weekend at North Bend State Park
20 Elvis Tribute – Dinner Theater at Hawks Nest State Park
21-26 The Needle Stitch-In at North Bend State Park
24-27 Spring Quilters Retreat  at Canaan Valley Resort State Park
26-28 Guitar Workshop at Twin Falls Resort State Park
26-28 Murder Mystery – Dinner Theater at Cacapon Resort State Park
31 Adopt-A-Highway Spring Event at Cabwaylingo State Forest

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Message from the DNR Director:

Winter Fun When You Can’t Go Hunting

          Hunting is my passion, as my friends and family will quickly tell you, and I do it whenever I can make the opportunity. Most hunting is, by tradition and biological necessity, a cold weather activity reserved for the winter months.  Hunting essentially ends in February with the closing of the seasons for bobcat, raccoon, fox, rabbit, hare and my favorite, grouse, although you can still get in some coyote hunting beyond that time frame.

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