1.7 Linear Feet, Summary: 1 ft. 8 in. (1 record carton, 15 in.); (1 document case, 5 in.)
Creator
West Virginia Highlands Conservancy
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Legal records from attorney Frederick Anderson who was involved with the Otter Creek drainage case on behalf of the West Virginia
Highlands Conservancy. The case took place within the early history of the modern environmental movement in the United States.
Congress eventually provided permanent protection for the Otter Creek wilderness, which is located on the Cheat-Potomac Ranger
District of the Monongahela National Forest in Tucker and Randolph Counties, West Virginia. The collection also includes a
two page narrative by Frederick Anderson regarding the case, and court document 15028 from the US Court of Appeals; and a
copy of "50 Year History of the Monongahela National Forest". See "Fighting to protect the Highlands: the first forty years
of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy" by David P. Elkinton for a narrative of the Otter Creek case, among other events
in the organization's history.
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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, Legal Records Regarding Otter Creek
Drainage Case, A&M 3923, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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