Kenny Vernon Nature Trail and Bell Slough Water Trail.[5]
Benson Creek Natural Area WMA
Monroe
1,458
Includes 610 acres of bald cypress/water tupelo swamps along Bayou DeView.[6]
Beryl Anthony Lower Ouachita WMA
Ashley, Union
7,020
3,600 new acres to be added in 2018 and 2019. The WMA joins the Moro Big Pine WMA and the Warren Prairie Natural Area WMA having colonies of Red cockaded woodpeckers.[7]
Big Lake WMA
Mississippi
12,320
1950
7,000 acres purchased in 1950. The rest purchased up to 1969.[8]
Big Timber WMA
Clark
45,000
Includes 3,500 acres (Olds Foundation) added in 2018. Also known as Big Timber Leased Lands WMA. Private land owners including The Ross Foundation, Clark Timberlands, Anthony Timberlands. and Red River Texarkana that is managed by Hancock Forest Management giving annual leases to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.[9]
Co-op of private land owners that have joined together.[14]
Buffalo National River WMA
Baxter, Marion, Newton, Searcy
95,730
The entire 135 miles of the Buffalo National River is a WMA. Certain areas are also under national park regulations for hunting and fishing.[15][16][17]
Freddie Black Choctaw Island WMA Deer Research Area East Unit
Desha
8,300
Also referred to as the Choctaw Island WMA. The WMA is not a true island but includes the Choctaw Bar Island in the Mississippi River[21]
Freddie Black Choctaw Island WMA Deer Research Area West Unit
Desha
Frog Bayou WMA
Crawford
812
2005
Partnership with Ducks Unlimited and the U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service and expanded in 2017 with The Trust for Public Land and Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration money. The WMA is located along Frog Bayou, that is also known as Clear Creek, adjacent to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land.[22]
Galla Creek WMA
Pope
3,329
The Galla Creek WMA is among several others involving controversy of flooding protocols used in Greentree reservoir management that has seen deteriorated conditions and a substantial dying off of timber.[23][24]
Garrett Hollow Natural Area WMA
Washington
670
Gene Rush WMA
Newton, Searcy
17,963
Greers Ferry Lake WMA
Cleburne, Van Buren
9,914
Gum Flats WMA
Howard, Pike
15,661
H. E. Flanagan Prairie Natural Area WMA
Franklin
457
The Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission (ANHC), a division of the Department of Arkansas Heritage added the property in 1988.[25] Along with the Presson-Oglesby Preserve (The Nature Conservancy, 155 acres), and the Cherokee Prairie (ANHC) are three contiguous tracts of protected prairie land.[26]
Created as "Gulf Mountain WMA" with an initial purchase of 6,400 acres. A 3,600 acre purchase and smaller tracts totaling 2,012 was added in 1971. 2,000 acres of Green Bay Packaging's Arkansas Mill division land was added to the WMA. The company owns over 250,000 acres in the state and this was part of the companies "Sustainable Forestry Initiative".[29] Located 12 miles southwest of Clinton the Little Red River bisects the southern area and the Ozark National Forest is the northern boundary.[30]
^Pierce, Jason. “Creating the Natural State: Outsiders, Insiders, and the Buffalo National River.” Ozark Historical Review 35 (2006, pp. 34–49)- Retrieved 2019-02-21