Expansion of the Sand Hill Wildlife Management Area in Wood and Ritchie Counties 

An additional 1,020 acres have been added to the Sand Hill Wildlife Management Area, according to West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) Director Frank Jezioro. Heirs of the Dennis O’Brien Estate agreed to lease the acreage to the Wood County Parks and Recreation Commission and in turn, through Mountwood Park, lease the property to the WVDNR so the public can use the additional acreage for hunting and other recreational activities.        

“All of the current parties realized that the public would be better served if the land was incorporated into the adjacent Sand Hill Wildlife Management Area,” Jezioro said. The original 967 acres were leased from CNG Transmission Corporation in 1997 and have been managed as a Wildlife Management Area since that time.

The Sand Hill Wildlife Management Area is located on either side of U.S. Route 50 approximately 12 miles east of Parkersburg and lies both in Ritchie and Wood Counties. Several portions of the WMA share common boundaries with Wood County’s Mountwood Park. This new lease increases the size of the area to 1,987 acres. Plans are underway to begin boundary marking and road closures so that the new acreage will be available for hunting this fall. Users are reminded that ATV’s and permanent tree stands are not permitted on Wildlife Management Areas.

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