Pend Oreille Wildlife Management Area Explained

Pend Oreille Wildlife Management Area
Iucn Category:IV
Map:Idaho
Map Alt:A map of Idaho showing the location of Pend Oreille WMA
Coordinates:48.3178°N -116.3938°W
Location:Bonner County, Idaho, United States
Nearest City:Sandpoint, ID
Area:7432acres
Established:1956
Governing Body:Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Pend Oreille Wildlife Management Area at 4908acres is an Idaho wildlife management area in Bonner County near Sandpoint.[1] Much of the land that is now the WMA was licensed to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1956 as mitigation for wildlife habitat impacted by the construction of Albeni Falls Dam. Additional land was purchased in 1974 and three more parcels were licensed in 1996. Acquisitions were completed in 1997 with funds from the Bonneville Power Administration.

The WMA is located along Lake Pend Oreille, which contains fish such as rainbow trout, lake trout, perch, crappie, bass, and whitefish.[2] Wildlife found in the WMA include migrating and wintering waterfowl such as tundra swans.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pend O'Reille Wildlife Management Area . Idaho Department of Fish and Game . May 28, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120824145418/http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/public/docs/wma/pendoreille.pdf . August 24, 2012 . live .
  2. Web site: Pend Oreille Wildlife Management Area . Public Lands Information Center . May 28, 2012 . https://archive.today/20120714115440/http://publiclands.org/explore/site.php?id=2482 . July 14, 2012 . live .
  3. Web site: Wildlife Management Areas . Idaho Department of Fish and Game . May 28, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130302053701/http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/public/wildlife/wma/ . March 2, 2013 . dead .