are there alligators in west virginia?
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Are there wild alligators in West Virginia? While visiting a wildlife park in Florida, I noticed that the sign at the alligator exhibit stated that West Virginia is the northern range of the American alligator.
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YOU CAN HELP WEST VIRGINIA LIONS A thriving mountain lion population once occupied the rugged hills and forests of beautiful Although sightings continue to be reported, cougars are considered an extirpated species in West Virginia.
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Alligators in Virginia. Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) are in Merchants Millpond State Park, North Carolina, just south of Dismal Swamp and at Kitty Hawk. None live naturally in Virginia - yet. ... Wildlife officials confiscated it because alligators were a protected species.
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According to the TWRA, alligators are naturally expanding into Tennessee from southern border states. They're in West Tennessee and TWRA said they're not likely to migrate to East Tennessee. ... Alligators are opportunistic feeders that prey on fish, turtles, snakes, frogs, and waterfowl.
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Seven-foot alligator sighted in river near Memphis. MEMPHIS, Tenn. ... They say it's just the latest of several confirmed sightings of alligators in Southwest Tennessee. According to TWRA, alligators normally live in states further south, but are naturally migrating into Tennessee.
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TWRA officials said if there was an alligator in an East Tennessee lake, it was put there illegally. A couple widely-shared Facebook posts claim that alligators are here in East Tennessee. However, state wildlife officials have said that's almost impossible. ... All those confirmed sightings are in West Tennessee.
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Are there alligators in the Weeki Wachee River? Yes, but don't expect to see them. They are there, but prefer to stay in the marsh areas where guests do not paddle.
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Alligators are found naturally in South Carolina's portion of the Catawba River, called the Wateree River, but only as it gets closer to the coast.
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Alligators are freshwater creatures and do not live in saltwater. ... The only exception I know of with gators in canals is in Port Charlotte where some canals are a long way from saltwater and have a freshwater influence at the top end. There you might find a gator or two but seldom do you hear of a problem.
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There are alligators. ... There are alligators in most fresh water bodies in FL. However, as to date, there has never been a human-alligator incident on the Rainbow River.
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A 7-foot alligator captured at Lake Bowen late Thursday has found a new home in the Lowcountry. ... Williamson said it is not uncommon for Lowcountry residents to use alligators to control the population of beavers on their property. Williamson has trapped close to 1,500 alligators in 14 years as a gator hunter.
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In the past, the range of American Alligators extended just up into Virginia, mostly in the area of the Great Dismal Swamp. ... Though they have not returned to Virginia just yet, American Alligators can be found from Florida to North Carolina, just shy of the VA border.
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There are No Alligators in the Ohio River. SPOILER: Despite what you may have read on social media, there are no alligators in the Ohio River.
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There are plenty of alligators in the creeks and bayous of southeastern Texas and into Louisiana, where my only face-to-face encounters (as of press time) took place. ... According to renowned wildlife expert Fred Gehlbach, wild populations of alligators have been present in the Brazos River near Waco for a long time.
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Nonetheless, alligators are more prevalent in some regions than they were several decades ago, mostly due to protective regulations that were begun with the Endangered Species Act in the 1970s. ... A population of alligators in the Potomac River in D.C. would not be particularly surprising under those circumstances.
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Yes. While they get scarce as you venture out of the Bay and up the connecting rivers, they are definitely present in the Chesapeake. A little way south, adjacent to North Carolina's Outer Banks, we have Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge and plenty of gators.
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Alligators can get up to 14 feet long and weigh 1,000 pounds in South Carolina, according to state officials. The reptiles are found mostly in a diverse series of habitats along the Coastal Plain, including tidal marshes, swamps, rivers and lakes, Clemson University officials said in a report.