Ecology and Preservation
A timber company planning to log sensitive parts of Cheat Canyon agreed to protect the habitat of two federally endangered species —the Cheat (or flat-spired) three-toothed snail (Triodopsis platysayoides; threatened) and the Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis; endangered). In addition, according to the Association for Biodiversity Information, there are eight other globally uncommon plant and animal species in the Canyon: Virginia bladetooth snail (Patera panselenus), delicate vertigo snail (Vertigo bollesiana), small-footed bat, green salamander, Allegheny woodrat, Barbara's Buttons, an unnamed amphipod, and an unnamed isopod.
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