Matthews State Forest

Matthews State Forest
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
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Location	Grayson County, Virginia
Nearest city	Galax
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Area	566 acres (229 ha)
Established	1993 (1993)
Governing body	Virginia Department of Forestry
Matthews State Forest

Matthews State Forest is a Virginia state forest located in Grayson County, near the City of Galax. It is used for research into the American chestnut, as well as for demonstration of forestry management techniques; it serves as watershed protection and as a wildlife sanctuary, and has facilities for hiking. Hunting is permitted on its 566 acres (2.29 km²).^[1]

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Protected areas of Virginia

Federal

National Battlefields, Battlefield Parks, and Military Parks	Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania Manassas Petersburg Richmond
National Estuarine Research Reserves	Chesapeake Bay
National Fish Hatcheries	Harrison Lake
National Forests	George Washington and Jefferson
National Historic Sites and Historical Parks	Appomattox Court House Cedar Creek and Belle Grove Colonial Cumberland Gap Harpers Ferry Maggie L. Walker
National Memorials	Arlington House Red Hill Patrick Henry
National Monuments	Booker T. Washington Fort Monroe George Washington Birthplace
National Parks	Shenandoah
National Parkways	Blue Ridge Colonial George Washington Memorial Skyline
National Recreation Areas	Mount Rogers
National Seashores	Assateague Island
National Trails	Appalachian Captain John Smith Chesapeake Lewis and Clark Overmountain Victory Potomac Heritage Star-Spangled Banner Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route
National Wildlife Refuges	Back Bay Chincoteague Eastern Shore of Virginia Mason Neck Featherstone Fisherman Island Glenn Martin Great Dismal Swamp James River Nansemond Occoquan Bay Plum Tree Island Presquile Rappahannock River Valley Wallops Island
Federally-administered	Prince William Forest Park Wolf Trap Performing Arts
Other	National Historic Landmarks National Natural Landmarks National Register of Historic Places Wilderness Areas

State

State parks	Bear Creek Lake Belle Isle Breaks Interstate Caledon Chippokes Claytor Lake Clinch River Culpeper Battlefields Douthat Fairy Stone Falling Spring Falls False Cape First Landing Grayson Highlands Green Pastures Hayfields High Bridge Trail Holliday Lake Hungry Mother James River Kiptopeke Lake Anna Leesylvania Machicomoco Mason Neck Natural Bridge Natural Tunnel New River Trail Occoneechee Pocahontas Powhatan Sailor's Creek Battlefield Seven Bends Shot Tower Shenandoah River Sky Meadows Smith Mountain Lake Southwest Virginia Museum Staunton River Staunton River Battlefield Sweet Run Twin Lakes Westmoreland Widewater Wilderness Road York River
State forests	Appomattox-Buckingham Big Woods Bourassa Browne Channels Charlotte Chesterfield Chilton Woods Conway Robinson Crawfords Cumberland Devil's Backbone Dragon Run First Mountain Hawks Lesesne Matthews Moore's Creek Niday Place Old Flat Paul Prince Edward-Gallion Sandy Point South Quay Whitney Zoar
Natural Area Preserves	Antioch Pines Bald Knob Bethel Beach Big Spring Bog Blackwater Blackwater Sandhills Buffalo Mountain Bull Run Mountains Bush Mill Stream Camp Branch Wetlands Cape Charles Coastal Habitat Cave Hill The Cedars The Channels Cherry Orchard Bog Chestnut Creek Wetlands Chestnut Ridge Chotank Creek Chub Sandhill Cleveland Barrens Clover Hollow Cowbane Prairie Crawford's Knob Crow's Nest Cumberland Marsh Cypress Bridge Dameron Marsh Deep Run Ponds Dendron Swamp Difficult Creek Dundas Granite Flatrock Elklick Woodlands False Cape Folly Mills Creek Fen Goshen Pass Grafton Ponds Grassy Hill Grayson Glades Hickory Hollow Hughlett Point Johnsons Creek Lyndhurst Ponds Magothy Bay Mark's and Jack's Island Mill Creek Springs Mount Joy Pond Mutton Hunk Fen Naked Mountain New Point Comfort North Landing River Northwest River Ogdens Cave Parkers Marsh Parramore Island Pedlar Hills Glades Pickett's Harbor Piney Grove Flatwoods Pinnacle Poor Mountain Redrock Mountain Savage Neck Dunes South Quay Sandhills Southside Savannah Sweet Springs Unthanks Cave Wreck Island
Wildlife Management Areas	Amelia Big Survey Big Woods Briery Creek Chester F. Phelps Cavalier Chickahominy Clinch Mountain Crooked Creek Dick Cross Doe Creek Fairystone Farms Featherfin G. Richard Thompson Game Farm Marsh Goshen and Little North Mountain Hardware River Havens Hidden Valley Highland Hog Island Horsepen Lake James River Land's End Mattaponi Mattaponi Bluffs Merrimac Farm Mockhorn Island Oakley Forest Pettigrew Powhatan Princess Anne Ragged Island Rapidan Robert W. Duncan Saxis Short Hills Smith Mountain Cooperative Stewarts Creek T. M. Gathright Turkeycock Ware Creek Weston White Oak Mountain

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