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Virginia Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) are state-managed protected areas that exist primarily for the benefit of wildlife. Within the Commonwealth of Virginia , 46 tracts of land have been protected as WMAs, covering a total of over 216,000 acres (338 sq mi; 870 km 2 ).
The Virginia Natural Area Preserve System is a system of protected areas in the state of Virginia. It is managed by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. As of 2024, there are sixty-six (66) dedicated preserves in Virginia totaling 61,102 acres (247.27 km 2).
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 .
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Big Woods Wildlife Management Area is a 4,173-acre (16.89 km 2 ) Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Sussex County, Virginia . It comprises two tracts of land; the 2,208-acre (8.94 km 2 ) main tract, located immediately adjacent Big Woods State Forest , and the 1,965-acre (7.95 km 2 ) Parker's ...
James River Wildlife Management Area is a 1,213-acre (4.91 km 2) Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Nelson County, Virginia, near the town of Wingina. It consists of hilly woodland and relatively level bottomland along slightly more than one mile (1.6 km) of the James River. Elevations at the area range from 350 to 500 feet (110 to 150 m) above ...
Ragged Island Wildlife Management Area, also known as Ragged Island Wildlife Refuge, is a 1,537-acre (6.22 km 2) Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Within a few miles of one of Virginia's busiest and most populated regions is the Ragged Island Wildlife Management Area, a largely unspoiled area of marshland and ...
As of 2017, it owns 3,366 acres (13.62 km 2) of public land [1] and holds and manages conservation easements on approximately 801,077 acres (1,251.68 sq mi; 3,241.84 km 2) of private land. [2] Members of the Virginia Outdoors Foundation's Board of Trustees are appointed by the Virginia governor for four-year staggered terms.
Amelia Wildlife Management Area is a 2,217-acre (8.97 km 2) Wildlife Management Area located in Amelia County, Virginia. Primarily upland habitat, it also preserves around 175 acres (0.71 km 2 ) of bottomland hardwoods and beaver swampland along the Appomattox River .