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The river you'll be crossing is a section of Shavers Fork that winds its way across the top of Cheat Mountain east of Elkins and the woods are a blend of northern hardwoods and high-elevation red spruce. But the places where Christmas tree cutting is allowed (by permit only) are former strip mines onto which red spruce and several pine species are migrating. Cutting is also allowed on power line rights of way crossing the Mon south of U.S. 250 atop the mountain.
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The river you'll be crossing is a section of Shavers Fork that winds its way across the top of Cheat Mountain east of Elkins and the woods are a blend of northern hardwoods and high-elevation red spruce. But the places where Christmas tree cutting is allowed (by permit only) are former strip mines onto which red spruce and several pine species are migrating. Cutting is also allowed on power line rights of way crossing the Mon south of U.S. 250 atop the mountain.
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