The Trooper Eric Workman Foundation was formed to manage funds previously received and raise additional fund to promote recreational opportunities and activities consistent with the ideals of and activities pursued by Trooper Eric Workman during his life, including his love of fishing, and which said opportunities and activities helped develop his character, his ideals, his service to others, and
appreciation of a healthy lifestyle free from dependence on drugs and alcohol and which provided him with immense enjoyment and personal satisfaction, and which further enabled him to develop into a model citizen and representative of the State of West Virginia; the said promotion of recreational activities shall include the promotion, support of, and research involving Muskie fishing in West Virginia waters, and shall also include the acquisition, construction and maintenance of access points to fishing areas, research into fish species propagation, and promotion of recreational opportunities and activities involving fishing, in particular Muskie fishing, for the people of the State of West Virginia, as well as those visiting the State of West Virginia, and in particular the youth of the State of West Virginia.
