W. Va. Code § 29-2-2: Condemnation of land for such purposes.

In case the person or persons employed under the act of Congress aforesaid, or acts supplemental thereto, cannot agree with the owners or possessors of the land so entered upon and used as to the amount of damages done thereto by reason of the removal of fences, cutting of trees, or injury to the crop or crops growing on the same, it shall be lawful for such parties, or either of them, to apply, in the name of the United States of America, to the circuit court of the county to have the same condemned, and such application shall be proceeded in, tried and determined, in all respects as provided in chapter fifty-four of this code.