All schools in Upshur County will close at 1 p.m. today. All B-UHS sporting events today are canceled.

WVDNR announces trout stockings for week of March 22

ELKINS — The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) stocked the following waters with trout during the week of March 22, including golden rainbow trout stockings for Gold Rush:

• Anawalt Lake – GOLD RUSH
• Anthony Creek
• Barboursville Lake – GOLD RUSH
• Big Sandy Creek
• Blackwater River – GOLD RUSH
• Boley Lake – GOLD RUSH
• Brandywine Lake – GOLD RUSH
• Brushy Fork Lake
• Buckhannon River (rail – Sago)
• Buffalo Creek (Brooke)
• Buffalo Fork Lake – GOLD RUSH
• Bullskin Run
• Cacapon Park Lakes – GOLD RUSH
• Castleman Run Lake – GOLD RUSH
• Cedar Creek Lake – GOLD RUSH
• Cherry River
• Chief Logan Pond – GOLD RUSH
• Conaway Run Lake
• Coopers Rock Lake – GOLD RUSH
• Cranberry River
• Dillons Run
• Dry Fork (Tucker)
• East Fork Greenbrier River
• East Lynn Tailwaters
• Edward Run Pond – GOLD RUSH
• Elk River
• Evitts Run
• Fort Ashby Reservoir – GOLD RUSH
• French Creek Pond – GOLD RUSH
• Gandy Creek
• Glade Creek of Mann
• Glade Creek of New River
• Glady Fork
• Greenbrier River (Durbin section) – GOLD RUSH
• Hopkins Fork
• Horseshoe Run
• Kings Creek
• Knapps Creek
• Larenim Park Lake
• Laurel Fork (Randolph)
• Laurel Fork of Holly River
• Left Fork of Holly River
• Little River East Fork Greenbrier River
• Little River West Fork Greenbrier River
• Lost River
• Middle Creek (Berkeley)
• Middle Wheeling Lake – GOLD RUSH
• Mill Creek (Berkeley)
• Mill Creek of the South Branch
• Mill Creek Reservoir – GOLD RUSH
• New Creek
• New Creek Dam No. 14 – GOLD RUSH
• Newburg Lake
• North Fork of Cherry River
• North Fork of Patterson Creek
• North Fork South Branch – GOLD RUSH
• North River
• Opequon Creek – GOLD RUSH
• R.D. Bailey Tailwaters – GOLD RUSH
• Rocky Marsh Run
• Seneca Lake – GOLD RUSH
• Shavers Fork (Bemis)
• Shavers Fork (lower section) – GOLD RUSH
• Shavers Fork (upper section)
• South Branch (Franklin)
• South Branch (Smoke Hole) – GOLD RUSH
• South Fork of Cherry River
• South Fork of Cranberry River
• Spruce Knob Lake
• Summersville Tailwaters
• Summit Lake – GOLD RUSH
• Teter Creek Lake – GOLD RUSH
• Tomlinson Run
• Tomlinson Run Lake – GOLD RUSH
• Trout Run
• Tygart Lake Tailwaters – GOLD RUSH
• Tygart Valley River Headwaters
• Waites Run
• Wallback Lake – GOLD RUSH
• Watoga Lake – GOLD RUSH
• West Fork Greenbrier River
• Williams River – GOLD RUSH

Stocking locations are also published on WVDNR’s website here.

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