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12-14-2008, 07:08 AM
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Location: Hico WV
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Coonskin Park (Chas) is a mess
I bicycled up the river trail to coonskin from barlow drive and there was a mudslide over the trail. It was a mess. They also destroyed the woods across the duck pond for a golf driving range. That area had some real nice trails. Now it looks like a desert. The duck pond is all muddy. The place is being destroyed.  |
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12-14-2008, 07:19 AM
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Location: Charleston, WV
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By what? Is the construction at the airport affecting it or do you mean they are changing the park and not for the good?
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12-14-2008, 05:05 PM
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The construction at the airport caused a bunch of mudslides on the river trail. They fix one and another slide comes down. They have decimated all the trees. it looks terrible. At coonskin by the pond they clear cutted a hillside for a golf driving range. There was some beautiful trails up in there. Now all gone.
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09-24-2009, 10:07 PM
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What might any of you folks out there know about the bridge being built across the river to Coonskin Park from Rt 119? They have recently surveyed and marked it right near the dip/rock cliff before you get to Elk Hills off the Mink Shoals exit. A neighbor spoke w/surveyor when they were marking it....like many of you, I will miss the old trails that have been destroyed for the driving range. I could get great pix from up there across the river towards my house in the fall. :-)
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09-25-2009, 05:49 AM
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I agree about the trails!
I run there, and I have to resort to running the main road to geta almost decent run in.
I thought the bridge was just a rumor, I hope the put it in. It would really help the park.
If it was me, there would have been a bridge there years ago!
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09-25-2009, 11:27 AM
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Location: Saint Albans, WV
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Sad to hear what they are doing to Coonskin. Hopefully there is a fix being planned by the City of Charleston Parks and Recreation Dept. I may have to put in a call to John Charnock.
We used to go up there on lunch break sometimes to walk or feed the ducks.
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09-26-2009, 06:18 PM
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It's the county's park, but I want to see a large sum coming from the airport.
They should have to fix it.
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