Local Briefs
Capito to host Academy Days
MORGANTOWN — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., will host four Academy Days this fall for West Virginia students interested in learning about the U.S. service academies and available scholarships.
The next Academy Days will be held 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, at University High School in Morgantown. Various service academy admissions representatives and local Reservice Officers’ Training Corps scholarship program representatives will be available to answer questions. Members of Capito’s staff also will be on hand with information on her academy nomination process.
Bobwhite quail restoration effort on
ALUM CREEK, W.Va. — West Virginia wildlife officials have embarked on an effort to restore the northern bobwhite quail population.
Gov. Jim Justice announced Wednesday that 12,000 bobwhite quail have been added at wildlife management areas across the state. The goal is to bring the numbers to 20,000, and the Division of Natural Resources will conduct more stockings through October. It’s part of a five-year restoration project.
Bobwhite quail, known for their “bobwhite” call, disappeared in the state in the late 1970s due to a combination of habitat destruction and harsh winters.
Some quail have been fitted with transmitters to monitor their survival and habitat use.
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