Two federal conservation initiatives were recently announced on the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, aimed at supporting the candy darter. The candy darter is a vibrant and diminutive ...

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (WCHS/WVAH) — It looks like a fish you would find in the tropics, but the Candy Darter can only be found in the Appalachian Mountains. This beautiful fish still enjoys the ...

West Virginia’s Kanawha River system is putting out some seriously big fish these days, including four state records over the past two years. In the past two months alone, the West Virginia Department ...

CHARLESTON, W.V.— In response to a petition and litigation from conservation groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today finalized protection for the candy darter under the Endangered Species Act ...

CHARLESTON, W.V.— In response to a decade of action from conservation groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today finalized critical habitat protection for the candy darter, a small, brightly ...

ELKINS, W.Va. (WBOY) — A permit that allowed coal to be hauled in the Monongahela National Forest has been revoked, a move that conservationists say will help preserve threatened species in West ...