White Rock Wildlife Management Area
| White Rock Wildlife Management Area | |
|---|---|
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
  Location within Arkansas | |
| Location | Crawford County, Franklin County, Johnson County, Madison County, Newton County, Arkansas, Washington County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 35°42′3″N 93°56′13″W / 35.70083°N 93.93694°W |
| Area | 280,000 acres (1,100 km2) |
| Established | 1976 |
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The White Rock Wildlife Management Area (WMA) was designated in 1976 as 280,000 acres (110,000 ha) of protected area within the boundaries of the Ozark National Forest. The WMA is owned by the U. S. Forest Service and managed under the provisions of a Memorandum of Understanding by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, and is situated in the Boston Mountains of Northwest Arkansas.
Description
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The Mulberry River runs through the southern part of the WMA and there are three major lakes; Shores Lake, Horsehead Lake, and Lake Fort Smith. Fishing, hunting, trapping, and recreational activities such as canoeing, hiking, and observing fauna and viewing flora . Wildlife includes squirrels, deer, wild turkeys, black bears and fur-bearers. There are camping, picnic and swimming areas throughout the WMA. There are six districts in the WMA.[1]
The Pig Trail Scenic Byway runs from Brashears through Cass and south towards Interstate 49. Cass was an old sawmill town from 1915 to 1926 when the Black Mountain and Eastern Railroad[2] ran from Combs to Cass.[3]
Districts
[edit]The following are the six different ranger districts and some recreation areas or state parks within the Ozark National Forest:
- Pleasant Hill Ranger District[4]
- Horsehead Lake Recreation Area
- Ozone Recreation Area
- Pleasant Hill Shooting Range
- Redding Campground
- Wolf Pen
- Mt. Magazine Ranger District [5]
- Cove Lake Recreation Area
- Mount Magazine Complex
- Spring Lake
- Big Piney Ranger District [6]
- Bayou Bluff
- Brock Creek
- Haw Creek Falls
- Long Pool Recreation Area
- Rotary Ann Roadside Rest Area
- East Fork Wilderness
- Boston Mountain Ranger District [7]
- Lake Wedington
- Natural Dam Picnic Area
- Gray's Spring
- Shores Lake Recreation Area [8] (35°38′19″N 093°57′33″W / 35.63861°N 93.95917°W) in Franklin County.
- Lake Fort Smith State Park
- White Rock Mountain
- Sylamore Ranger District [9]
- Barkshed Campground
- Gunner Pool Campground
- Blanchard Springs Recreation Area and Campground
- Sylamore Shooting Range
- Leatherwood Wilderness
- Syllamore Mountain Bike Trail
- Blanchard Springs Caverns
- St. Francis Ranger District [10]
- Bear Creek Lake
- Storm Creek Lake
Communities
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ White Rock WMA- Retrieved 2019-07-26
- ^ Black Mountain and Eastern Railroad- Retrieved 2019-07-26
- ^ Ozarks: Land and Life (pp. 107)- Retrieved 2019-07-26
- ^ Pleasant Hill Ranger District- Retrieved 2019-07-26
- ^ Mt. Magazine Ranger District- Retrieved 2019-07-26
- ^ Big Piney Ranger District- Retrieved 2019-07-26
- ^ Boston Mountain Ranger District- Retrieved 2019-07-26
- ^ Shores Lake Recreation Area- Retrieved 2019-07-26
- ^ Sylamore Ranger District- Retrieved 2019-07-26
- ^ St. Francis Ranger District- Retrieved 2019-07-26
- IUCN Category V
- Wildlife management areas of Arkansas
- Protected areas of Crawford County, Arkansas
- Protected areas of Franklin County, Arkansas
- Protected areas of Johnson County, Arkansas
- Protected areas of Madison County, Arkansas
- Protected areas of Newton County, Arkansas
- Protected areas of Washington County, Arkansas
- Protected areas established in 1976