Wildlife management area
A wildlife management area (WMA) is a protected area set aside for the conservation of wildlife and for recreational activities involving wildlife.
New Zealand
There are 11 wildlife management areas in New Zealand:[1]
- Horsham Downs Wildlife Management Reserves, Waikato
- Waihi Estuary Wildlife Management Reserve, Bay of Plenty
- Lake Waiau Wildlife Management Reserve, Manawatū-Whanganui
- Koitiata Wildlife Management Reserve, Manawatū-Whanganui
- Fletcher Creek Wildlife Management Area, West Coast
- Te Wharau Wildlife Management Area, West Coast
- Granville Wildlife Management Area, West Coast
- Hochstetter Wildlife Management Area, West Coast
- Wanganui River Flat Wildlife Management Area, West Coast
- Oneone Wildlife Management Area, West Coast
- Pye Creek Wildlife Management Area, West Coast
Papua New Guinea
In Papua New Guinea a Wildlife Management Area is the simplest form of protected area. A WMA designation protects an area of land or water while retaining full power to landowners to manage their land. WMAs are managed by an elected committee formed of customary landowners.[2]
The current Wildlife Management Areas are:
- Tonda Wildlife Management Area, Western Province
- Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Eastern Highlands Province
- Kamiali Wildlife Management Area, Morobe Province
- Lake Kutubu Wildlife Management Area, Southern Highlands Province
- Oi Mada Wara Wildlife Management Area, Goodenough Island, Milne Bay Province
- Sulamesi Wildlife Management Area, Mount Bosavi, Southern Highlands Province
- Maza Wildlife Management Area, Western Province
- Aramba Wildlife Management Area, Western Province
- Wereaver Wildlife Management Area, Western Province
- Libano-Arisai Wildlife Management Area, Mount Bosavi, Southern Highlands Province
- Libano-Hose Wildlife Management Area, Mount Bosavi, Southern Highlands Province
- Neiru (Aird Hills) Wildlife Management Area, Gulf Province
Tanzania
The Community Wildlife Management Areas Consortium (CWMAC) is an umbrella organization for all other organizations in Tanzania.[3] As of 2016 there are 22 WMAs that have received "Authorized Association" (AA) status out of a total of 38 that have been established or gazetted. WMAs include:
- Burunge - Juhibu Wildlife Management Area: Established in 2003 the 617 square kilometres (238 sq mi) is in the Babati District.[4]
- Chingoli Wildlife Management Area: Gazetted 2012 it is part of the Selous-Niassa Wildlife Corridor. The 47 square kilometres (18 sq mi) Selous Game Reserve of Tanzania, a UNESCO World Heritage-Site and the 42.4 square kilometres (16.4 sq mi) of Mozambique.[5]
- Enduimet Wildlife Management Area: Established in 2003 the 1,282 square kilometres (495 sq mi) WMA is in the Kilimanjaro is approximately 20 square kilometres (7.7 sq mi) west of the WMA center.[6]
- Iluma Wildlife Management Area: The WMA is located in Kilombero River valley and part of it in the Rufiji Basin and Selous Game Reserve which extends to the Udzungwa Mountains National Park.
- Kimbanda Wildlife Management Area
- Kisungule Wildlife Management Area
- Mbomip - Pawaga-Idodi Wildlife Management Area
- Randileni Wildlife Management Area
United States
In the United States, WMAs exist in these states:
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Connecticut[7]
- Florida[8]
- Georgia[9]
- Iowa[10]
- Kentucky[11][12]
- Louisiana[13]
- Maine[14]
- Massachusetts[15][16]
- Maryland
- Minnesota[17]
- Mississippi[18]
- Missouri
- Montana[19]
- Nebraska[20]
- New Jersey[21]
- New Mexico[22]
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New York
- North Dakota[23]
- Oklahoma[24]
- Oregon[25]
- Pennsylvania[26]
- Rhode Island[27]
- South Carolina
- Tennessee[28]
- Texas[29]
- Utah
- Vermont[30]
- Virginia[31]
- West Virginia
- Illinois
References
- ^ "New Zealand Gazetteer". linz.govt.nz. Land Information New Zealand.
- ^ WWF:Setting up a WMA, 2005, retrieved 28 June 2010
- ^ Tanzania WMA's- Retrieved 2019-10-20
- ^ Burunge WMA- Retrieved 2019-10-20
- ^ Chingoli WMA
- ^ Enduimet WMA
- ^ Connecticut WMA
- ^ Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission website retrieved 27 December 2012
- ^ "Georgia".
- ^ "Wildlife Management Areas (WMA)". iowadnr.gov.
- ^ "Kentucky".
- ^ "Public Lands Hunting - Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife".
- ^ "Wildlife Management Areas". Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
- ^ Maine WMA
- ^ Massachusetts WMA/
- ^ "Wildlife Management Area regulations". Mass.gov.
- ^ Minnesota Department of Natural Resources retrieved 15 October 2011
- ^ Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks retrieved 19 August 2013
- ^ Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks website retrieved 8 January 2010
- ^ Nebraska retrieved 29 September 2015
- ^ New jersey division of fish and wildlife website retrieved 8 January 2010
- ^ New Mexico Wildlife website retrieved 8 January 2010
- ^ North Dakota Game and Fish Department website retrieved 7 December 2017
- ^ Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation retrieved 30 August 2019
- ^ Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife website retrieved 8 January 2010
- ^ "Subchapter F. Special Wildlife Management Areas". Pennsylvania Code. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- ^ Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Atlas retrieved 29 April 2018
- ^ Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency website retrieved 24 August 2012
- ^ Texas Parks and Wildlife Service website retrieved 8 January 2010
- ^ "Find A Wildlife Management Area". Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "Wildlife Management Areas". Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. Retrieved 30 December 2016.