Research, Identifications, and Classifications conducted
by Geoff Gould and David Podgor.
Photography by Geoff Gould and David Podgor.
Web site design by David Podgor.
Special thanks to Evan Halperin, Vince Licciardello, Melinda Podgor, and Geoff Ravilious.
Monongahela National Forest encompasses over 900,000 in the rugged Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia. Monongahela is about 4 hours west of Washington DC and has five federal wilderness areas including Dolly Sods, and the Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area. The forest contains over 500 miles of hiking trails, 75 tree species, and the highest point in West Virginia, Spruce Knob, at 4,861 feet.