The Peters Mountain Wilderness is an area protected by act of Congress to maintain its present, natural condition.

it helps to preserve a variety of natural life forms and contributes to a diversity of plant and animal gene pools.

The area is located on Peters Mountain in the Jefferson National Forest, about 10 miles north of Pearisburg, Virginia.

It is protected in a 398-acre preserve purchased by the Nature Conservancy of Virginia that is located just outside of the wilderness area.

The fisher is a secretive, dark-colored mammal that once ranged as far south as the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina.

The fisher is no longer found in this area, but it has been introduced in parts of West Virginia and could return to the wild habitat provided by the Peters Mountain Wilderness.

[3]: 25 Stony Creek contains the colorful candy darter, an imperiled fish found in only a few tributaries of the New River.

[3]: 27 A bog at the head of Pine Branch Swamp near the crest of Peters Mountain contains cinnamon fern, sphagnum moss and sundew.