Artillery training utilized a 60000 acres area in the eastern portion of the WVMA, including parts of Dolly Sods (e.g., Blackbird Knob *Keating, Steve (2010), A Dolly Sods North - Blackwater Companion: A Guide to Hiking Through the History, Geology and Ecology of the Region; Parsons, West Virginia: McClain Printing, pg 316. )