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This is a list of Idaho wildlife management areas. The U.S. state of Idaho current has 32 wildlife management areas, all managed by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game . Wildlife management areas (WMA) are established to protect habitat for wildlife and provide opportunities for hunting, fishing, and other public enjoyment of wildlife.
The Little Jacks Creek Wilderness lies within the Owyhee Desert, part of the northern Basin and Range ecoregion, although hydrologically the wilderness area is within the Snake River – Columbia River drainage. [1] [10] The area is home to mountain quail, mule deer, Columbia River redband trout, and sage grouse. [1]
Market Lake Wildlife Management Area at 5,071 acres (20.52 km 2) is an Idaho wildlife management area in Jefferson County north of the town of Roberts. [1] The WMA was established in 1956 to restore a portion of Market Lake for migrating and breeding waterfowl. [2] Water in the WMA comes from natural springs and artesian wells beneath the ...
The WMA is managed by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) but consists of land owned by IDFG, the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, Army Corps of Engineers, and Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation. [2] The first land for the WMA was purchased in 1943, and the mission of the WMA is to conserve mule deer and elk wintering ...
In 1931, 1,090,000 acres (4,400 km 2) in Central Idaho were declared by the U.S. Forest Service as The Idaho Primitive Area. In 1963, the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness was split into three parts: The Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, the Salmon River Breaks Primitive area, and the Magruder Corridor—the land between the two areas.
The ranch falls under Idaho Hunt Unit 49, which offers big game hunting such as deer, elk and moose, as well as upland bird and waterfowl hunting. “The area is rich with upland birds and ...
Deer Parks Wildlife Management Area is a 2,556-acre (1,034 ha) Idaho wildlife management area in Madison County near the town of Roberts. [1] Land in the WMA was acquired in 1997 and 1999 for partial mitigation of the effects of the construction of the Palisades Dam .
The western slopes of the Portneuf Mountain Range have long provided winter habitat for mule deer. In 1970, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game used Pittman-Robertson funds to purchase over 2,800 acres of this winter range, creating Portneuf Wildlife Management Area (WMA). Later land acquisitions enlarged the WMA to over 3,100 acres.