Clear Creek Wildlife Management Area

Clear Creek Wildlife Management Area is a 54,269-acre tract of protected area located in Vernon Parish, Louisiana. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) leases the land from Hancock Timber.

Clear Creek Wildlife Management Area
Clear Creek Wildlife Management Area
Map showing the location of Clear Creek Wildlife Management Area
Map showing the location of Clear Creek Wildlife Management Area
Location within Louisiana
LocationVernon Parish, Louisiana
Nearest cityLeesville, Louisiana
Coordinates31°0′38.8944″N 93°26′23″W
Area54,269 acres (219.62 km2)
Governing bodyState of Louisiana through the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

History

The land formally belonged to Forest Capital Partners, LLC, and was purchased, by Molpus Woodlands Group and The Hancock Timber Resource Group (Hancock Timber) in a 1.88 million acre land deal.[1]

Location

The property is bordered on the north by LA 8 (west of Anacoco Lake) and LA 111, that runs from Burr Ferry, through Evans towards Merryville, forms the western border, with the WMA crossing the highway in three areas in the southern half. The eastern and southern border is Bayou Anacoco that drains into the Sabine River (Texas–Louisiana). LA 464 runs diagonally northeast to southwest through the WMA.

Description

The WMA is planted predominantly with company timber land, criss-crossed by several parish roads, oil field roads, and other gravel roads, with a sand pit and logging pond on the property.[2] There is what is now called a cultural lookout tower known locally as the Evans lookout tower, also referred to as the Evans fire tower.[3]

Like named areas

See also

Clear Creek (disambiguation)

References
  1. Molpus Woodlands Group and The Hancock Timber Resource Group Archived 2017-02-27 at the Wayback Machine- Retrieved 2017-02-27
  2. Clear Creek WMA map- Retrieved 2017-02-27
  3. Evans fire tower- Retrieved 2017-02-27
  4. Clear Creek Conservation Area (Missouri): Missouri Department of Conservation (MDConline)- Retrieved 2017-02-27
  5. Clear Creek, Colorado- Retrieved 2017-02-27
  6. Yoshonis, Scott (2023-06-28). "LDWF renames wildlife management areas to reflect removal of military references to Confederacy". KLFY. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
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