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Virginia Wildlife Management Area boundary sign. WMAs in Virginia differ from other state-managed protected areas in that they are solely intended to preserve and improve wildlife habitat, with a particular focus on game animals, and to provide public space for hunting and fishing activities.
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Goshen and Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area is a protected area located in Rockbridge and Augusta counties, Virginia . At 33,697 acres (136.37 km 2 ), it is the largest Wildlife Management Area managed by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries .
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Chester F. Phelps Wildlife Management Area (also known as the C.F. Phelps Wildlife Management Area ) is a 4,539-acre (18.37 km 2 ) Wildlife Management Area located in Fauquier and Culpeper counties, Virginia .
G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area, one of the richest botanical areas of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, is a 4,000-acre (16 km 2) Wildlife Management Area (WMA) located primarily in Fauquier County, Virginia, with small encroachments into both Warren and Clarke Counties.
Dick Cross Wildlife Management Area is a 1,400-acre (5.7 km 2) Wildlife Management Area in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Formerly known as the Elm Hill Wildlife Management Area, it sits on the north side of the Roanoke River just below the John H. Kerr Dam. The terrain is gently rolling and fairly low, between 200 and 300 feet (61 and 91 m ...
Rapidan Wildlife Management Area is a 10,326-acre (41.79 km 2) Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Madison and Greene counties, Virginia.It is composed of eight separate tracts of land along the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains; four of these adjoin Shenandoah National Park, and combined they share 25 miles (40 km) of boundary.
Forest management, annual and perennial plantings, and controlled burns are used to enhance wildlife habitat within the area. The land is dotted with ponds ranging in size from one to five acres (4,000 to 20,200 m 2), and its northwest boundary is formed by the Banister River. [2]
Saxis Wildlife Management Area is a 5,578-acre (22.57 km 2) Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Accomack County, Virginia. Predominantly tidal marshland , it is divided into three tracts, all located on peninsulas bordering on brackish waters such as Beasley Bay , Pocomoke Sound , and Messongo Creek .