List of Wildlife Management Areas in Arkansas

This is a list of Wildlife Management Areas in Arkansas. All counties are represented except Boone, Chicot, Crittenden, Dallas, Fulton, Grant, Jackson, Lincoln, and St. Francis County.[1]

Wildlife Management Areas in Arkansas
Name County or counties Area (acres) Year Established Remarks Image
Bayou Des Arc WMA White9531966Created with a 320-acre public fishing lake.[2]
Bayou Meto WMA Arkansas, Jefferson33,832Called the "George H. Dunklin Jr. Bayou Meto WMA" and also called "Wabbaseka Scatters" or just the "Scatters".[3]
Beaver Lake WMA Benton, Carroll, Madison8,007Includes Devil's Eyebrow Natural Area.[4]
Bell Slough WMA Faulkner2,040Kenny Vernon Nature Trail and Bell Slough Water Trail.[5]
Benson Creek Natural Area WMA Monroe1,458Includes 610 acres of bald cypress/water tupelo swamps along Bayou DeView.[6]
Beryl Anthony Lower Ouachita WMA Ashley, Union7,0203,600 new acres to be added in 2018 and 2019. The WMA joins the Moro Big Pine WMA and the Warren Prairie Natural Area WMA having colonies of Red cockaded woodpeckers.[7]
Big Lake WMA Mississippi12,32019507,000 acres purchased in 1950. The rest purchased up to 1969.[8]
Big Timber WMA Clark45,000Includes 3,500 acres (Olds Foundation) added in 2018. Also known as Big Timber Leased Lands WMA. Private land owners including The Ross Foundation, Clark Timberlands, Anthony Timberlands. and Red River Texarkana that is managed by Hancock Forest Management giving annual leases to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.[9]
Blevins WMA Hempstead1281991[10]
Blue Mountain WMA Logan8,200Corps of Engineers property.[11]
Brewer Lake Cypress Creek WMA Conway1,200Surrounds Brewer Lake.[12]
Brushy Creek WMA[13] Cross215Co-op of private land owners that have joined together.[14]
Buffalo National River WMA Baxter, Marion, Newton, Searcy95,730The entire 135 miles of the Buffalo National River is a WMA. Certain areas are also under national park regulations for hunting and fishing.[15][16][17]
Camp Robinson WMA[18] Faulkner, Pulaski26,675
Caney Creek WMA Howard, Montgomery, Pike, Polk85,0001968Contains Caney Creek Wilderness
Casey Jones WMA Ashley, Drew83,832
Cattail Marsh WMA Greene78
Cedar Creek WMA Scott103
Cherokee Prairie Natural Area WMA Franklin566
Cherokee WMA Cleburne, Conway, Independence, Logan, Pope, Scott, Stone, Van Buren62,203
Cove Creek Natural Area WMA Faulkner228
Crossett Experimental Forest WMA Ashley1,675
Cut-Off Creek WMA Drew9,314
Cypress Bayou WMA Lonoke, White2,478
Dardanelle WMA Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Pope, Yell42,658
Dave Donaldson Black River WMA Clay, Greene, Randolph21,150
DeGray Lake WMA Clark, Hot Spring14,000
Departee Creek WMA White450
DeQueen Lake WMA Sevier8,792Owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.[19]
Devil’s Knob Natural Area WMWA Izard519
Dr. Lester Sitzes III Bois D’Arc WMA Hempstead13,646
Earl Buss Bayou DeView WMA Poinsett4,435
Ed Gordon Point Remove WMA Conway, Pope8,694
Electric Island WMA Garland115
Ethel WMA Arkansas176Formerly only open to residents of Ethel
Falcon Bottoms Natural Area WMA Columbia, Lafayette, Nevada2,787
Fort Chaffee WMA Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian66,000The WMA is within Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center area. WMA rules are in effect and a Sportsman’s Orientation class is compulsory.[20]
Freddie Black Choctaw Island WMA Deer Research Area East Unit Desha8,300Also referred to as the Choctaw Island WMA. The WMA is not a true island but includes the Choctaw Bar Island in the Mississippi River[21]
Freddie Black Choctaw Island WMA Deer Research Area West Unit Desha
Frog Bayou WMA Crawford8122005Partnership with Ducks Unlimited and the U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service and expanded in 2017 with The Trust for Public Land and Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration money. The WMA is located along Frog Bayou, that is also known as Clear Creek, adjacent to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land.[22]
Galla Creek WMA Pope3,329The Galla Creek WMA is among several others involving controversy of flooding protocols used in Greentree reservoir management that has seen deteriorated conditions and a substantial dying off of timber.[23][24]
Garrett Hollow Natural Area WMA Washington670
Gene Rush WMA Newton, Searcy17,963
Greers Ferry Lake WMA Cleburne, Van Buren9,914
Gum Flats WMA Howard, Pike15,661
H. E. Flanagan Prairie Natural Area WMA Franklin457The Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission (ANHC), a division of the Department of Arkansas Heritage added the property in 1988.[25] Along with the Presson-Oglesby Preserve (The Nature Conservancy, 155 acres), and the Cherokee Prairie (ANHC) are three contiguous tracts of protected prairie land.[26]
Hall Creek Barrens Natural Area WMA[27] Cleveland
Harold E. Alexander Spring River WMA Sharp13,859
Harris Brake WMA Perry3,769
Henry Gray Hurricane Lake WMA White17,524
Hobbs State Park – Conservation Area WMA Benton, Carroll, Madison11,744
Holland Bottoms WMA Lonoke6,190
Hope Upland WMA Hempstead2,115
Howard County WMA Howard26,000
Howard Hensley Searcy County WMA Searcy170
Iron Mountain Natural Area WMA Polk260
Jamestown Independence County WMA Independence971
Jim Kress WMA Cleburne14,527
Jones Point WMA Marion1,200
Kingsland Prairie Natural Area WMA Cleveland400
Lafayette County Natural Area WMA Lafayette16,739
Lake Greeson Natural Area WMA Howard, Pike200
Lee County WMA Lee200
Little Bayou WMA Ashley1,284
Little River WMA Hempstead, Little River597
Loafer’s Glory WMA 2,616
Maumelle River WMA Pulaski
McIlroy Madison County WMA Madison14,496Looking out into the Ozark forest from the Bluff Shelter at the Ozark Natural Science Center
Mike Freeze Wattensaw WMA Prairie19,184
Moro Big Pine Natural Area WMA Calhoun16,000
Mount Magazine WMA Logan, Yell120,000
Muddy Creek WMA Montgomery, Scott, Yell146,206
Nacatoch Ravines Natural Area WMA Hempstead645
Nimrod/Lloyd Millwood WMA Yell3,550
Norfork Lake WMA Baxter10,000
Ozan WMA Hempstead580
Ozark Lake WMA Crawford, Franklin7,834
Palmetto Flats Natural Area Little River1848
Petit Jean River WMA Yell15,502
Pine City Natural Area WMA Monroe870
Piney Creeks WMA Johnson, Newton, Pope180,000
Poison Springs WMA Nevada, Ouachita17,604
Prairie Bayou WMA Lonoke453
Provo WMA Sevier11,327
R. L. Hankins Mud Creek Upland WMA Randolph1,0251989Deeded by FMHA.[28]
Railroad Prairie Natural Area WMA Prairie244
Rainey WMA Pope488
Rex Hancock Black Swamp WMA Woodruff7,221
Rick Evans Grandview Prairie WMA Hempstead4,885
Ring Slough WMA Clay83
River Bend WMA Perry
Roth Prairie Natural Area WMA Arkansas41
Sandhills Natural Area WMA Miller143
Scott Henderson Gulf Mountain WMA Van Buren14,0001970Created as "Gulf Mountain WMA" with an initial purchase of 6,400 acres. A 3,600 acre purchase and smaller tracts totaling 2,012 was added in 1971. 2,000 acres of Green Bay Packaging's Arkansas Mill division land was added to the WMA. The company owns over 250,000 acres in the state and this was part of the companies "Sustainable Forestry Initiative".[29] Located 12 miles southwest of Clinton the Little Red River bisects the southern area and the Ozark National Forest is the northern boundary.[30]
Seven Devils WMA Drew5,032
Sheffield Nelson Dagmar WMA Monroe9,720
Shirey Bay Rainey Brake WMA Lawrence10,711
Slippery Hollow Natural Area WMA Marion705
Spring Bank WMA Lafayette701
St. Francis National Forest WMA Lee, Phillips
St. Francis Sunken Lands WMA Craighead, Greene, Poinsett, Clay27,643Patchwork of state and privately-held lands along the St. Francis River preserving bottomland hardwood forest river bottoms, well known for waterfowl and deer hunting.[31]
Stateline Sandponds Natural Area WMA Clay4,000
Steve N. Wilson Raft Creek Bottoms WMA White4,000
Sulphur River WMA Miller16,681
Sweden Creek Natural Area WMA Madison137
Sylamore WMA Baxter, Marion, Searcy, Stone150,000
Terre Noire Natural Area WMA Clark415
Trusten Holder WMA Arkansas, Desha8,173
Two Bayou Creek WMA Ouachita1,250
W.E. Brewer Scatter Creek WMA Greene
Warren Prairie Natural Area WMA Bradley, Drew2,128
Wedington WMA Benton, Washington16,000
White Cliffs Natural Area WMA Little River573
White Rock WMA Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Madison, Franklin, Washington280,000
Whitehall WMA Poinsett111
Winona WMA Garland, Perry, Saline160,000

Former WMAs
Wildlife Management Areas in Arkansas
Name County or counties Area (acres) Year Established Year Dissolved Remarks
Ozark National Forest WMA Conway, Crawford, Frankliln, Johnson, Madison, Newton, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren, Washington678,8782023[32]Merged into neighboring WMAs[32]

See also

References
  1. Wildlife Management Areas- Retrieved 2019=07-27
  2. Bayou Des Arc Wildlife Management Area- Retrieved 2019-02-20
  3. Bayou Meto Wildlife Management Area- Retrieved 2019-02-20
  4. Beaver Lake Wildlife Management Area- Retrieved 2019-02-20
  5. Bell Slough Wildlife Management Area- Retrieved 2019-02-20
  6. Benson Creek Natural Area Wildlife Management Area- Retrieved 2019-02-20
  7. Beryl Anthony Lower Ouachita Wildlife Management Area (April 11, 2018)- Retrieved 2019-02-20
  8. Big Lake Wildlife Management Area- Retrieved 2019-02-20
  9. Big Timber Wildlife Management Area (by Randy Zellers Nov. 21, 2018)- Retrieved 2019-02-20
  10. Blevins Wildlife Management Area- Retrieved 2019-02-20
  11. Blue Mountain Wildlife Management Area- Retrieved 2019-02-20
  12. Brewer Lake Cypress Creek Wildlife Management Area- Retrieved 2019-02-20
  13. Brushy Creek Wildlife Management Area- Retrieved 2019-02-20
  14. Brushy Creek Wildlife Management Co-op- Retrieved 2019-02-21
  15. NPS: Buffalo National River Wildlife Management Area- Retrieved 2019-02-21
  16. Pierce, Jason. “Creating the Natural State: Outsiders, Insiders, and the Buffalo National River.” Ozark Historical Review 35 (2006, pp. 34–49)- Retrieved 2019-02-21
  17. Encyclopedia of Arkansas: Buffalo National River Wildlife Management Area- Retrieved 2019-02-21
  18. Camp Robinson WMA- Retrieved 2019-02-21
  19. DeQueen Lake WMA- Retrieved 2019-02-21
  20. Land Conservation Assistance Network: Fort Chaffee WMA- Retrieved 2019-02-21
  21. Audubon: Choctaw Island Wildlife Management Area- Retrieved 2018-02-21
  22. Frog Bayou WMA- Retrieved 2019-02-22
  23. Greentree Reservoir Management- Retrieved 2019-02-22
  24. Duck hunters realize changes necessary at green tree reservoirs (Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette)- Retrieved 2019-02-22
  25. H. E. Flanagan Prairie Natural Area WMA- Retrieved 2019-02-22
  26. Nonnative Species Control at the Cherokee Prairies in the Arkansas River Valley (pp. 2)- Retrieved 2019-02-22
  27. Hall Creek Barrens Natural Area WMA- Retrieved 2019-02-22
  28. R. L. Hankins Mud Creek Upland WMA- Retrieved 2019-02-22
  29. Arkansas Mill division- Retrieved 2019-02-22
  30. Gulf Mountain WMA- Retrieved 2019-02-22
  31. "Quake Creates Habitat". Southwest Times Record. Fort Smith, AR: Gannett. October 29, 2012. OCLC 15172460 – via Newsbank.
  32. Ledbetter, Richard (April 8, 2023). "Arkansas turkey season open for youths". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Little Rock: WEHCO Media. ISSN 1060-4332. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
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