Wildlife Management Areas

Connecticut’s Wildlife Management Areas

According to the DEEP there are 112 Wildlife Management Areas in the state which together total 32,000 acres of protected land. They are largely a result of the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act of 1937, also referred to as the Pittman-Robertson (P-R) Act.

WMAs largely preserve habitat for many different species of animal, bird, and invertebrate with special interest given to grasslands, old fields, and coastal salt and freshwater marshes. They also provide public recreation for hiking, wildlife viewing, and photography but are usually more geared towards fishing, hunting, and trapping.

I’ve been able to identify 99 of the 112 by scouring maps and online hunting resources and so far have visited 22.

Wildlife Management Areas
Aldo Leopold WMA	Assekonk Swamp WMA	Babcock Pond	Baldwin Marsh WMA	Barber Pond WMA
Barn Island WMA	Bartlett Brook	Bear Hill WMA	Belding WMA	Bigelow Brook WMA
Bishop Swamp WMA	Black Pond WMA	Branford River WMA	Bride Brook WS	Candlewood Hill WMA
Cedar Swamp WMA	Charles E. Wheeler WMA	Charter Marsh WS	Clark Creek WMA	Cove Island WS
Cromwell Meadows WMA	Dr. John E. Flaherty WMA	Durham Meadows WMA	East Haven Marsh WMA	East River Marsh WMA
East Marsh WMA	Eightmile River WMA	Emerson Leonard WS	Ferry Point Marsh WMA	Franklin Swamp WMA
Goshen WMA	Great Harbor WMA	Greenwoods Pond WMA	Haddam Neck WMA	Hager Creek Marsh WMA
Hammock Marsh WMA	Higganum Meadows WMA	Housatonic River WMA	James V. Spignesi WMA	Kollar WMA
Kings Island WMA	Kitchel WS	Lake Zoar WMA	Little River WMA	Lockes Meadow Pond WMA
Lords Island WMA	Lords Cove WMA	Mansfield Hollow WMA	Maromas Co-op WMA	Meadow Brook WMA
Menunketesuck WMA	Messerschmidt Pond WMA	Miles WS	Newgate WMA	Nod Brook WMA
Nott Island WMA	Pattagansett River Marsh WMA	Pawcatuck River WMA	Pawson Park Marsh WMA	Pease Brook WMA
Pequonnock Valley WMA	Pequsett Meadows Marsh WMA	Pine Orchard Marsh WMA	Plum Bank Marsh WMA	Popes Island WMA
Pumpkin Hill WMA	Quinebaug River WMA	Quinebaug River Marsh WMA	Ragged Rock Creek Marsh WMA	Raymond Brook WMA
Rich Island WMA	Robbins Swamp WMA	Roger Tory Peterson WMA	Roraback WMA	Rose Hill WMA
Ross Marsh WMA	Salmon River Cove WMA	Sessions Woods WMA	Shade Swamp WS	Sharon Mountain WMA
Simsbury WMA	Six Penny Island WMA	Skiff Mountain COOP WMA	Smith-Hubbell WS	Snake Meadow Brook WMA
South Cove WMA	Stanley Works Coop WMA	Suffield WMA	Sugar Brook WMA	Talbot WMA
Tankerhoosen WMA	Thatch Bed Marsh WMA	Tunxis WMA	Wagner WS	Wangunk Meadows WMA
Werner Woods WMA	West River Marsh WMA	Wopowog WMA	Zalesky WMA

Pequonnock Valley WMA

Unexplored

79 Park St, Trumbull, CT 06611, USA

Pequonnock Valley Wildlife Management Area Connecticut State WMA 382 acres in Trumbull, CT Parking: Large lot at the Park & Ride near 55 Park St, Trumbull, CT…

Quinebaug Trail North Terminus

★★☆☆☆

309 Plainfield Pike, Plainfield, CT 06374, USA

Quinebaug Trail – North Terminus CFPA Blue Blaze Trail acres in Plainfield, CT Parking: Small pull off near 309 Plainfield Pike, Plainfield, CT Trail Map …

Mattabesset River Cromwell Meadows WMA

★★★☆☆

24 Shunpike Road, Cromwell, CT, USA

Mattabesset River at Cromwell Meadows WMA River and Wildlife Management Area 548 acres in Cromwell and Middletown, CT Parking: North Boat Launch: from behind Dunkin’s parking lot… Read more…

Zemko Pond WMA

★☆☆☆☆

41.497541, -72.258677

Zemko Pond Wildlife Management Area Connecticut WMA 464 acres in Salem, CT Parking: Small lot near 220 Round Hill Road, Salem, CT Trail Map Trails:…

Bear Hill WMA

★★☆☆☆

Bear Hill Rd, Bozrah, CT 06334, USA

Bear Hill Wildlife Management Area Connecticut WMA 365 acres in Bozrah, CT Parking: Small lot at the end of Bear Hill Rd, Bozrah, CT Hunting Map …

Pease Brook WMA

★☆☆☆☆

103-213 Horiska Rd, Lebanon, CT, USA

Pease Brook Wildlife Management Area Connecticut WMA 213 acres in Lebanon, Franklin, and Bozrah, CT Parking: Medium sized lot near 103-213 Horiska Rd, Lebanon, CT Hunting Map … Read more…

Talbot WMA

★★☆☆☆

41.683653, -72.110309

Nathan and Anne Talbot Wildlife Management Area Connecticut WMA 504 acres in Scotland, CT Parking: Small lot near 302 Bass Rd, Scotland, CT Trail Map …

Spignesi WMA

★☆☆☆☆

41.712963, -72.067512

James V. Spignesi Jr. WMA Connecticut Wildlife Management Area 524 acres in Scotland, CT Parking: Medium sized lot near 210 Pudding Hill Road, Hampton, CT Area Map …

Rose Hill WMA

★★☆☆☆

77-5 Thomas Rd, Ledyard, CT, USA

Rose Hill Wildlife Management Area Wildlife Management Area 692 acres in Ledyard, CT Parking: Hiking Trail Parking: Shoulder parking near 77-5 Thomas Rd, Ledyard, CT Other Parking:… Read more…

Tankerhoosen WMA

★★☆☆☆

41.841233, -72.445106

Tankerhoosen Wildlife Management Area Connecticut WMA 449 acres in Vernon, CT Parking: From the north at Walker’s Reservoir near 129 Reservoir Rd, Vernon, CT From the south… Read more…

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