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

Meadow Brook

★☆☆☆☆

41.582545, -72.379056

Meadow Brook WMA Connecticut Wildlife Management Area 269 acres in Colchester, CT Parking: Small lot near 13 Prospect Hill Road, Colchester, CT Map Trails:…

Babcock Pond

★☆☆☆☆

653 Middletown Rd, Colchester, CT, USA

Babcock Pond WMA Connecticut Wildlife Management Area 1,524 acres in Colchester, CT Parking: Boat launch: Small lot near 653 Middletown Rd, Colchester, CT Trails: Small lot near…

Kings Island

★★★☆☆

41.954496, -72.612596

Kings Island Eversource Land Trust 120 acres in Enfield and Suffield, CT Parking: Access by water only, nearest boat launch is Kings Island Boat Launch Boat launch… Read more…

Kollar Wildlife Management Area

★★☆☆☆

41.907256, -72.299180

Kollar Wildlife Management Area Connecticut Wildlife Management Area 900+ acres in Tolland, CT Parking: Small lot just east of 130 N River Rd Tolland, CT Hunting Map …

George Dudley Seymour State Park

★★☆☆☆

82 Clarkhurst Rd, East Hampton, CT, United States

George Dudley Seymour State Park Connecticut State Park 222 acres in Haddam, CT Parking: Small lot at the end of Clarkhurst Rd near 82 Clarkhurst Rd East…

Mansfield Hollow State Park

★★★★☆

41.765018, -72.178339

Mansfield Hollow State Park Connecticut State Park and Wildlife Management Area 251 acres in Mansfield, CT Parking: A number of lots and pull offs along Bassett’s Bridge… Read more…

Bishop Swamp

★★☆☆☆

41.722671, -72.396840

Bishop Swamp Connecticut Wildlife Management Area 752 acres in Andover and Hebron, CT Parking: Small lot near 236 State Hwy 603, Andover, CT for hiking and small pull off… Read more…

Barn Island

★★★★☆

41.340596, -71.874711

Barn Island Wildlife Management Area Connecticut Wildlife Management Area 1,013 acres in Stonington, CT Parking: West Side: Shoulder parking and boat launch near 249 Palmer Neck Rd,…

Bartlett Brook

★★☆☆☆

41.601649, -72.261753

Bartlett Brook WMA Connecticut Wildlife Management Area 687 acres in Lebanon, CT Parking: Medium sized lot near 773 Goshen Hill Rd Lebanon, CT Hunting Map …

Sugar Brook

★★☆☆☆

41.716444, -71.941710

Sugar Brook / Quinebaug River Wildlife Management Area / Tillinghast Preserve Sugar Brook Field Trial and Wildlife Management Area and Wyndham Land Trust Estimated 400 acres in…

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