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=Poston Plant Lands Public Hunting Area= Marietta, Ohio 45750 Poston Plant Lands Public Hunting Area webpage Poston Plant Lands Public Hunting Area map Poston Plant Lands map from American Electric Power website

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Poston Plant Lands Public Hunting Area
Coordinates: 39.381416, -82.185674 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Poston Plant Lands Public Hunting Area
This 2,240-acre Poston Plant Lands Public Hunting Area lies in the northwestern portion of Athens County. Many county and township roads provide direct access to several major tracts. In combination with surrounding Wayne National Forest lands, a block of nearly 50,000 acres of public hunting land is available in this region. This area is situated in the hilly unglaciated Allegheny Plateau and consists primarily of rounded ridges, steep slopes, and narrow ravines. Numerous old fields reverting to forest are intermixed with woods which are generally second and third growth timber. Oak and hickory dominate the ridges and upper slopes. Tulip, poplar, beech, maple, and red oak are frequent lowland and ravine tree species. Index of Ohio's trees from the Division of Forestry.

This property is the former Poston Power Station that is owned by American Electric Power (AEP). The company is one of the major owners of land and mineral properties in southeastern Ohio. The AEP Company has developed a long-range timber management plan, under which foresters will harvest timber on a sustained yield basis. On much of the area, short-term cutting rotations will be employed for the production of pulpwood. On the better growing sites, the trees will be managed for larger timber. In 2006 AEP Company and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife entered into a cooperative agreement permitting public hunting, trapping, and fishing. Hunting is the major recreational use. Other uses include fishing, mushroom and berry picking, hiking, nature study, and bird watching.

Gray squirrel, ruffed grouse, deer, raccoon, and gray fox are the principal game and fur species on the area. Fox squirrels, rabbits, opossums, skunks, red foxes, and muskrats are present in smaller numbers. Wild turkeys that have become established in adjacent portions of the Wayne National Forest also use some tracts of this wildlife area. Grouse and deer will increase as a result of the forest management work being done. A rich variety of songbirds is found on the area in association with the diverse mixture of habitat types. From Poston Plant Lands Public Hunting Area webpage

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