Oklahoma Wildlife Management Areas are one type of protected conservation area within the U.S. state of Oklahoma.
“All lands owned, licensed, leased or under the management of the Wildlife Division of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, except for the McCurtain County Wilderness Area, are designated Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) to accurately reflect the overall objectives for these lands and the results of management activities conducted thereon. Depending on the specific management objectives, all or parts of any particular wildlife management area may also be designated as a public hunting area, game management area or migratory bird refuge, or wetland development unit.”[1]
| County or counties | Area | Location | Remarks | Image | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altus-Lugert WMA[2] | Greer and Kiowa | three miles northeast of Granite on the north end of Lake Altus-Lugert[3] | ||||
| Arbuckle Springs WMA[4] | Johnston | 1 mile west of Bromide in northeastern part of county | ||||
| Arcadia Conservation Education Area (CEA)[5] [6] | Oklahoma | Managed by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation for public and school education.[7] Closed to All Hunting, with limited exceptions.[8] Coordinates 35.623931, -97.389394 | ||||
| Atoka WMA[9] | Atoka | 12 miles north of Atoka bordering US 69 to the west. | Coordinates: 34.4718478,-95.9123338. The Atoka State Game Refuge is part of the WMA. Coordinates: 34.5222677,-96.0149346. The 12,897 acre Atoka Public Hunting Area (Stringtown) borders the WMA to the east.[10] | |||
| Bamberger WMA[11] | Adair | In western part of county | ||||
| Beaver River WMA[12] | Southeast of Turpin in the western part of the county | In the Oklahoma panhandle | ||||
| Black Kettle WMA[13] | Roger Mills | Connected with the Black Kettle National Grassland owned by the U.S. Forest Service[14] | ||||
| Blue River WMA[15] | Johnston | 8 miles northeast of Tishomingo | Bald eagles winter at Tishomingo NWR and occasionally seen at the WMA. | |||
| Broken Bow WMA[16] | McCurtain | Northeast of Broken Bow in the northern part of the county | adjacent to the Broken Bow Reservoir and the Ouachita National Forest | |||
| Camp Gruber WMA[17] | Muskogee | A significant portion of the in 5 areas. | Beginning January 1, 2003, the Oklahoma Army National Guard (OKARNG) and the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) reached an agreement to allow civilian hunting at the facility. See Camp Gruber. | |||
| Candy Creek WMA[18] | Osage | northeast of Avant in the eastern part of the county | ||||
| Canton WMA[19] | Blaine, Dewey, and Major | Situated around Canton Lake | Coordinates: 35.771189, -95.064926 (Headquarters) | |||
| Cherokee WMA[20] | Cherokee | Zeb in the southwestern part of the county | Comprises two sections: A Public Hunting Area (PHA) and a Game Management Area (GMA). | |||
| Chickasaw NRA[21] | Murray | Near Sulphur | See Chickasaw National Recreation Area | |||
| Cimarron Bluff WMA[22] | Harper | In the northeastern part of the county | ||||
| Cimarron Hills WMA[23] | Woods County | In the western part of the county | ||||
| Cookson WMA[24] | Cherokee and Adair | 6 miles east of Cookson | ||||
| Hal and Fern Cooper WMA[25] | Woodward and Harper | Northwest of Woodward city | ||||
| Copan WMA[26] | Washington | North of Bartlesville | Includes Copan Wetland Development Unit (WDU) | |||
| Cross Timbers WMA[27] | Love | 15 miles west of Marietta | ||||
| Deep Fork WMA[28] | Creek and Okfuskee | 10 miles south of Bristow | Includes Swift Bottoms WDU | |||
| Dewey County WMA[29] | Dewey | Four miles west of Taloga | ||||
| Drummond Flats WMA[30] | Garfield | West of Drummond; eight miles southwest of Enid and in the western part of the county | Has a WDU section | |||
| Ellis County WMA[31] | Ellis | 8 miles west and 3.5 miles south of Arnett | Lake Lloyd Vincent created in 1961. | |||
| Eufaula WMA[32] | Latimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg, and Okmulgee | The WMA is separated into different sections or "arms". 1)- Duchess Creek arm, 2)- Gaines Creek Arm, 3)- Deep Fork Arm, 4)- Mill Creek Arm, 5)- North Canadian Arm, South Canadian Arm. Contains Deep Fork WDU and Mill Creek WDU | ||||
| Fobb Bottom WMA[33] | Marshall | Nearest town is Willis | ||||
| Fort Cobb WMA[34] | Caddo | Around the north end of Fort Cobb Lake. Includes Walnut Slough WDU | ||||
| Fort Gibson WMA[35] | Wagoner and Cherokee | |||||
| Fort Supply WMA[36] | Woodward | 9 miles from Woodward | On the shore of Fort Supply Lake | |||
| Gary Sherrer WMA[37] | Pittsburg | Nearest town: Hartshorne | ||||
| Gist WMA[38] | Tillman | 6 miles northwest of Tipton | ||||
| Grady County WMA[39] | Grady | four and a half miles east of Rush Springs | Two non-contiguous tracts with a non-contiguous tract between them. | |||
| Grassy Slough WMA[40] | McCurtain | 7 miles south of Idabel | Includes Grassy Slough WDU | |||
| Hackberry Flat WMA[41] | Tillman | Southeast of Frederick | Includes Hackberry Flat WDU | |||
| Heyburn WMA[42] | Creek | Owned by the US Army COE and surrounds Heyburn Lake | ||||
| Hickory Creek WMA[43] | Love | Five miles northeast of Marietta. | ||||
| Honobia WMA[44] | Pushmataha, Le Flore, and McCurtain | Borders the Three Rivers WMA to the east. | Three private forest investment companies, the Hancock Natural Resource Group (HNRG), Rayonier Forest Resources, and Molpus Timberlands Management, entered into agreements with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) to manage the states first privately owned WMA. The property is run under a land access fee permit system.[45] | |||
| Hugo WMA[46] | Choctaw and Pushmataha | Located along the Kiamichi River North of Lake Hugo and Hugo Lake State Park near Apple. | Includes Kiamichi River & Sawyer WDUs. with the non-contiguous tracts of the Sawyer Unit having and the Hamden Unit consisting of . A portion of the WMA was renamed the Lyndol Fry Waterfowl Refuge, adjacent to the Kiamichi River, and consisting of 3,500 acres.[47] | |||
| Hulah WMA[48] | Osage | 20 miles northeast of Pawhuska. WMA follows the Caney River from southeast of Elgin, Kansas to Hulah Lake with three other fingers following creeks and rivers to Hulah Lake. | Includes Whipporwill WDU. In 2017 Lake Hulah was among 14 others, added to the Department of Environment Quality's list of elevated levels of mercury in fish, bringing the total to 54.[49] | |||
| James Collins WMA[50] | Pittsburg and Latimer | 20 miles northeast of McAlester and 8 miles west of Quinton | ||||
| John Dahl WMA[51] | Osage | One mile east of Foraker in the western part of the county | ||||
| Kaw WMA[52] | Kay and Osage | Located just four and one half miles east of Newkirk | Upper two thirds of Kaw Lake. West fork encompasses the Arkansas River from the Kansas border to Kaw Lake. The east fork follows Beaver creek northeast (headwaters at 96°38′01″W 37°07′04″N in Kansas) a few miles into Osage County. | |||
| Keystone WMA[53] | Creek, Osage, and Pawnee | Near Cleveland, Mannford, and Oilton | Includes Boston Pool, Buckeye Creek and Cottonwood Creek WDUs | |||
| Lexington WMA[54] | Cleveland | Off of Highway 77 five miles south and six miles east of Noble | ||||
| Love Valley WMA[55] | Love | Includes Stevens Springs WDU. Bald eagles winter at the WMA. | ||||
| Lower Illinois River WMA (Watts Unit)[56] | Sequoyah | Four miles north of Gore | 3/4 mile of lower Illinois River runs through the WMA | |||
| Major County WMA[57] | Major | thirteen miles south and two and a half miles west of Waynoka | ||||
| McClellan-Kerr WMA[58] | Wagoner, Muskogee, Haskell and Sequoyah | Includes Billy Creek and Chouteau WDUs. Contains Billy Creek, Chouteau, and Robert S. Kerr Portions | ||||
| McCurtain County Wilderness Area[59] | McCurtain | In the northern part of the county | Last known red-cockaded woodpecker population in the state. Oldest department area and the largest virgin shortleaf pine/hardwood forest in the nation. | |||
| McGee Creek WMA[60] | Atoka county | 11 miles east of Stringtown in the south-central part of the county | The WMA is situated in the middle of the V-shaped McGee Creek Lake that is fed by Potapo Creek from the northwest and McGee Creek from the north.[61] McGee Creek State Park is on the southeast side.[62] | |||
| Mountain Park WMA[63] | Kiowa | Mountain Park WDU. WMA encircles the north and west side of Tom Steed Reservoir. | ||||
| Neosho WMA[64] | Craig and Ottawa | 6 1/2 miles northwest of Welch | ||||
| Okmulgee WMA[65] | Okmulgee | 5 miles west of Okmulgee city in west-central part of the county | Includes Okmulgee East & Okmulgee West WDUs | |||
| Oologah WMA[66] | Nowata and Rogers | southeast of Nowata | North section includes the Verdigris River to just above the north shore of Oologah Lake.[67] South section includes the northern banks of the lake, along most of the eastern side, and Goose Island.[68] Includes Overcup Bottoms and Upper Verdigris WDUs. In 1988 there were reports of rituals being performed on the island.[69] | |||
| Optima WMA[70] | Texas | northwest of Hardesty in the eastern part of the county | see Optima National Wildlife Refuge | |||
| Osage WMA[71] | Osage | North of Pawhuska | The area is made up of two units, the Western Wall unit (5,950 acres) and the Rock Creek unit (3,722 acres) | |||
| Ouachita Leflore Unit WMA[72] | Le Flore | 10 miles south of Heavener | Part of the Ouachita National Forest. Managed cooperatively between the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and the United States Forest Service. | |||
| Ouachita McCurtain Unit WMA[73] | McCurtain | The Broken Bow Sub-unit is located north of Broken Bow, surrounding Broken Bow Lake and the Glover River. The Tiak Sub-unit is located southeast of Idabel surrounding the towns of Haworth and Tom | ||||
| Ozark Plateau WMA[74] | Adair | 2 miles east of Bell | ||||
| Packsaddle WMA[75] | Ellis | 17 miles south of Arnett | ||||
| Pine Creek WMA | Pushmataha and McCurtain | north of Valliant, Oklahoma | Adjacent to the Little River | |||
| Pushmataha WMA | Pushmataha | south of Clayton | ||||
| Red Slough WMA[76] | McCurtain | 6 miles south of Haworth | Includes Red Slough WDU Golden and bald eagles as well as American alligators have been seen on the WMA. | |||
| Rita Blanca WMA[77] | Cimarron | 46 units in the southwestern part of the county along the border with Dallam County, Texas | see Rita Blanca National Grassland | |||
| Robbers Cave WMA[78] | Latimer | North of Wilburton | ||||
| Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge | Alfalfa | see Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge | ||||
| Sandy Sanders WMA[79] | Greer and Beckham | 26 miles northwest of Mangum and 26 miles southwest of Sayre | ||||
| Sans Bois WMA[80] | Haskell | South of McCurtain | ||||
| Schultz WMA[81] | Texas | South of Hardesty | ||||
| Sequoyah WMA (National Wildlife Refuge)[82] | Sequoyah, Muskogee and Haskell | Around the Robert S. Kerr Reservoir | Established in 1970, a partnership between Ducks Unlimited, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, the National Audubon Society, U.S. Coast Guard, Oklahoma State Parks, Oklahoma State University, and Missouri State University.[83] Hunting is allowed in the Sandtown Bottom, Webbers Bottom, and Girty Bottom. See Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge | |||
| Skiatook WMA[84] | Osage | Near Hominy and Skiatook | Upper ends of Skiatook Lake | |||
| Sparrow Hawk WMA[85] | Cherokee | five miles east of Tahlequah. | ||||
| Spavinaw WMA[86] | Delaware and Mayes | Spavinaw | South side of Lake Spavinaw. Game Management (GMA) and Public Hunting Area (PHA) | |||
| Stringtown WMA[87] | Atoka | 7 miles east of Stringtown | ||||
| Tenkiller WMA[88] | Cherokee and Sequoyah | seventeen miles south of Tahlequah | On the southwest shores of Lake Tenkiller | |||
| Texoma Washita Arm WMA[89] | Johnston | Southwest of Tishomingo | Includes Washita Arm WDU. | |||
| Three Rivers WMA[90] | McCurtain and Pushmataha | North of Broken Bow | ||||
| Washita County WMA[91] | Washita | 3 miles northwest of Cordell | ||||
| Washita NWR | Custer | on shore of Foss Reservoir | see Washita National Wildlife Refuge | |||
| Waurika WMA[92] | Cotton and Stephens | West of Comanche | Includes Waurika WDU and Walker Creek WDU. | |||
| Whitegrass Flats WMA[93] | McCurtain | Near Valliant | Includes White Grass Flats WDU. | |||
| Wichita Mountains NWR | Comanche | see Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge | ||||
| Wister WMA[94] | Le Flore and Latimer | Around Lake Wister | Includes Joe Johnson WDU and Fourche Maline WDU. | |||
| Yourman WMA[95] | Latimer |