There are 54 areas with over a thousand square miles of land under management of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks and operated as Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs)Mississippi WMAs- Retrieved 2019-02-23 in six regions:WMA regions- Retrieved 2019-02-23 Delta Region contains 14 WMAs East Central Region contains 7 WMAs North East Region contains 6 WMAs North West Region contains 6 WMAs South East Region contains 10 WMAs South West Region contains 10 WMAs

List of Wildlife Management Areas

NameCounty or countiesAreaDescriptionRegionBienville Wildlife Management AreaScott County26,136 acresBienville, Tallahalla; and Caney Creek WMAs are all located within Bienville National Forest. Closest town is Morton.Southwest RegionBlack Prairie Wildlife Management AreaLowndes County5,673 acresNearest town: BrooksvilleEast-central RegionCalhoun County Wildlife Management AreaCalhoun County10,900 acresNearest city: Calhoun CityNorthwest RegionCanal Section Wildlife Management AreaItawamba County and Monroe County26,000 acresNearest city: FultonNortheast RegionCanemount Wildlife Management AreaClaiborne County3,587 acresNear the Mississippi RiverSouthwest RegionCaney Creek Wildlife Management AreaSmith County and Scott County28,000 acresNearest city: ForestSouthwest RegionCaston Creek Wildlife Management AreaAmite County and Franklin County29,875 acresNearest city: MeadvilleSouthwest RegionCharles Ray Nix Wildlife Management AreaPanola County4,000 acresNearest city: SardisNorthwest RegionCharlie Capps Wildlife Management AreaBolivar County600 acresNearest city: RosedaleDelta RegionChickasaw Wildlife Management AreaChickasaw County 27,259 acresNearest city: HoustonNortheast RegionChickasawhay Wildlife Management AreaJones County30,000 acresNearest city: LaurelSoutheast RegionChoctaw Wildlife Management AreaChoctaw County and Winston County 24,314 acresNearest city: AckermanEast-central RegionCopiah County Wildlife Management AreaCopiah County 6,810 acresNearest city: HazlehurstSouthwest RegionGeorge P. Cossar State Park650 acresThe WMA is situated on Enid Lake that holds the world record crappie being caught.Can our bass, crappie records be broken?: The Clarion-Ledger (by Brian Broom, May 26, 2017)- Retrieved 2019-02-22Divide Section Wildlife Management AreaTishomingo County and Prentiss County15,337 acresLocated in the northeast corner of the state the WMA lies on both sides of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (TTW) stretching from the Yellow Creek arm of Pickwick Lake on the Tennessee River, southward to Bay Springs Lake.Northeast RegionGraham Lake Waterfowl Wildlife Management AreaLafayette County1,400 acresLocated on the extreme southeast corner of Sardis Lake with Holly Springs National Forest to the east.Northwest RegionHell Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnion County and Tippah County2,284 acresNortheast RegionHoward Miller Wildlife Management AreaIssaquena County 2,420 acresDelta RegionJohn Bell Williams Wildlife Management AreaItawamba County (10%) and Prentiss County (90%)3,135 acresEstablished in 1973 and located four miles east of Marietta. Northeast RegionJohn W Starr Wildlife Management AreaOktibbeha County and Winston County 8,244 acresNearest city: Starkville. The addition of a MSU Hunting and Trapping Permit is also required.MSU hunting requirement- Retrieved 2019-02-23East-central RegionLake George Wildlife Management AreaYazoo County 8,383 acresLake George became a WMA in 1990. Nearest city: Holly BluffDelta RegionLeaf River Wildlife Management AreaPerry County 42,000 acresNear WigginsSoutheast RegionLeroy Percy Wildlife Management AreaWashington County1,642 acres6 miles west of HollandaleDelta RegionLittle Biloxi Wildlife Management AreaStone County and Harrison County14,540 acresNear McHenry.Southeast RegionMahannah Wildlife Management AreaIssaquena County and Warren County12,675 acresNear RedwoodDelta RegionMalmaison Wildlife Management AreaGrenada County, Carroll County, and Leflore County 9,696 acresNear GreenwoodNorthwest RegionMarion County Wildlife Management AreaMarion County 7,200 acresNear ColumbiaSouthwest RegionMason Creek Wildlife Management AreaGreene County 28,000 acresNear LaurelSoutheast RegionMuscadine Farms Wildlife Management AreaWashington County 3,046 acresNear GreenvilleDelta RegionNanih Waiya Wildlife Management AreaNeshoba County and Winston County 7,655 acresNear PhiladelphiaEast-central RegionNatchez State Park Wildlife Management AreaAdams County2,261 acresSouthwest RegionOkatibbee Wildlife Management AreaLauderdale County and Kemper County6,883 acresThe land for the WMA was purchased in the 1960s and Okatibbee Lake was formed in 1968 and the fragmented WMA established around the lake since 1969. American alligators were re-established in the 1970s and Bald eagles in 1992. The WMA is Near Collinsville.Okatibbee Wildlife Management Area- Retrieved 2019-02-23 -O’Keefe Wildlife Management Area Quitman County 6,239 acresNear Lambert the property was purchased in 2001 from the Mississippi Department of Corrections. 1,535 acres are dedicated to various wetlands.Ducks Unlimited: Mississippi: O'Keefe Wildlife Management Area Wetlands Enhancement Project- Retrieved 2019-02-23Delta RegionOld River Wildlife Management AreaPearl River County 14,764 acresThe WMA is located near Poplarville.Southeast RegionPascagoula River Wildlife Management AreaGeorge County and Jackson County 36,549 acresThe WMA is located near Lucedale and consists of the Upper unit and the Lower unit.Southeast RegionPearl River Wildlife Management AreaMadison County 6,925 acresThe WMA is located near Canton.Southwest RegionRed Creek Wildlife Management AreaStone, George and Jackson Counties 22,789 acresLocated near WigginsSoutheast RegionRiverfront Wildlife Management AreaBolivar County.1,214 acresRiverfront WMA- Retrieved 2019-02-23Delta RegionSandy Creek Wildlife Management AreaAdams County and Franklin County16,407 acresLocation near NatchezSouthwest RegionSardis Waterfowl Wildlife Management AreaLafayette County 3,700 acresLocated near Oxford along Sardis Lake.Northwest RegionShipland Wildlife Management AreaIssaquena County 3,642Located near MayersvilleDelta RegionSky Lake Wildlife Management AreaHumphreys County and Leflore County4,306 acresLocated near BelzoniDelta RegionStoneville Wildlife Management AreaWashington County 2,500 acresLocated near LelandDelta RegionSunflower Wildlife Management AreaSharkey County 58,480 acresLocated near Rolling ForkDelta RegionTallahala Wildlife Management AreaScott County, Newton County, Smith County, and Jasper County 28,120 acresLocated near MontroseSouthwest RegionTheodore A. Mars Jr. Wildlife Management AreaPearl River County896 acresLocated near PoplarvilleSoutheast RegionTrim Cane Wildlife Management AreaOktibbeha County 891 acresLocated near StarkvilleEast-central RegionTuscumbia Wildlife Management AreaAlcorn County 2,436 acresLocated near CorinthNortheast RegionTwin Oaks Wildlife Management AreaSharkey County 5,847 acresLocated near Rolling Fork, forty miles north of Vicksburg.Delta RegionUpper Sardis Wildlife Management AreaLafayette County 42,274 acresLocated east of Oxford within Holly Springs National ForestNorthwest RegionWard Bayou Wildlife Management AreaJackson County 13,234 acresLocated near Moss PointSoutheast RegionWilliam C. (Billy) Deviney Wildlife Management Area1,203 acresDelta RegionWolf River Wildlife Management AreaLamar County and Pearl River County10,881 acresLocated near PoplarvilleSoutheast RegionYockanookany Wildlife Management AreaAttala County 2,379 acresLocated near McCoolEast-central Region

Chronic Wasting Disease Chronic Wasting Disease has been discovered in Alcorn, Benton, Carroll, DeSoto, Lafayette, Leflore, Grenada, Issaquena, Lee, Marshall, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, the southern half of Sharkey, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Union, Warren, and Yalobusha, counties.

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