Wildlife management areas

Waterfowl in a wetland on a Wildlife Management Area

...the crown jewels of Minnesota's wildlife management operation.

1,380 public wildlife areas with 1.2 million acres of habitat, from prairies and wetlands to forests and swamps, for Minnesota's game and nongame wildlife species.
Recreation for upland, waterfowl, and deer hunters.
Wildlife watching opportunities?sandhill cranes, herons, prairie chickens, shore birds, and waterfowl.

New! WMA users now have the opportunity to comment on facility and habitat conditions on the WMAs they visit. Comment now!

Find a WMA

Four ways to find WMAs:

choose a county from the drop-down list, and then click "go."
use the map to pick a county. [Zoom in to see county names. To select a county, click on the identify button () and then click in the county.]
browse by name using the A to Z list.
find location and boundary information via the Recreation Compass.

Google Earth Users!

View MN WMA data (boundaries and parking facilities) within the Google Earth application. Download the KML file now!

WMA Maps:

Wildlife Lands - Southern Minnesota 2007 (4.7MB, 2 pages)

See the table on page 2 of the maps for names and directions to individual WMAs numbered on the maps.