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Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs)




	Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) are sites that have been selected to preserve wildlife habitat in Minnesota. They are managed and owned by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. There are currently 1,440 WMAs in the state. Some have two or more units. There are currently (5/27/2020) 1,692 WMA units. All are open to the public. Most, but not all, allow hunting.

	Agassiz-Nelson WMA Benson WMA Big Woods Heritage Forest WMA Bill Freeman WMA Blackhoof River WMA Buck Family Memorial WMA Bur Oak WMA Cambria WMA Carver Highlands WMA, Middle Unit Carver Highlands WMA, North Unit Carver Highlands WMA, South Unit Discovery WMA Dry Sand WMA Dye WMA Edward Velishek Memorial WMA Elgin Woods WMA Expandere WMA Felton WMA Flowing Prairie WMA Hampton Woods WMA Hole-in-Mountain WMA Jensen Memorial WMA John Murtaugh Memorial WMA John Peter Hoffman Spring Brook Valley WMA Marvin W. Schubring Memorial WMA McDougall WMA Mille Lacs WMA Neal WMA Phelps Lake WMA Prairie Creek WMA, Engeseth-Rinde Unit Prairie Creek WMA, Koester Prairie Unit Prairie WMA Rush WMA Sand Prairie Wildlife Management and Environmental Education Area Sandstone WMA Sawyer WMA Seven Springs WMA Shetek WMA, East Unit Shetek WMA, West Unit Somerset WMA Spruce Creek WMA Starbuck WMA Swan Lake WMA, North Star Unit Thorson Prairie WMA Tiedemann WMA Tribute WMA Twin Valley WMA, North Unit Vermillion Highlands Research Recreation and WMA Vermillion River WMA Victory WMA Vorce WMA Wahpeton Prairie WMA Wambach WMA White Bear WMA Whitewater WMA, Main Branch Unit Woodbury WMA Wrenshall WMA		Big Woods Heritage Forest WMA Edward Velishek Memorial WMA McDougall WMA Prairie Creek WMA, Koester Prairie Unit Sand Prairie Wildlife Management & Environmental Education Area Vermillion Highlands Research Recreation and Wildlife Management Area

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