Are there caves on Pond Lick Mountain above Faulkner-Bowden east of Elkins?
They may be at risk. J.F. Allen Company has permit applications pending for a limestone quarry on 190 acres (nearly that much would be later deep mined). Below are some of the concerns we have. Please let us know if your have further concerns. Please write a comment letter to DEP opposing the quarry. 1. Loss of coldwater input to the valued trout stream of Shavers Fork and possible dewatering of springs feeding the mainstream. 2150 feet of an unnamed spring-fed tributary (total length 3100 ft) will be obliterated with a valley fill. There will be a sediment pond at the foot of the valley fill. Blasting and stone removal will very likely alter water flow in fractures feeding all the springs across the mountainside, which in turn drain into the Shavers Fork. Significantly less water could wind up in the river. The state fish hatchery which supplies the trout stocked here is located in the area. Fishermen catch not only the trout stocked by the local fish hatchery but they also catch nati
