White Rock Wildlife Management Area

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.

White Rock Wildlife Management Area
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Location within Arkansas
LocationCrawford County, Franklin County, Johnson County, Madison County, Newton County, Arkansas, Washington County, Arkansas
Coordinates35°42′3″N 93°56′13″W
Area280,000 acres (1,100 km2)
Established1976
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Description

The Mulberry River runs through the southern part of the WMA and there are four major lakes; Shores Lake, Horsehead Lake, Lake Ft Smith and Lake Shepherd Springs. 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
  • Pleasant Hill Ranger District[4]
  • Horsehead Lake Recreation Area
  • Ozone Recreatin 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]
Shores Lake
  • White Rock Mountain
  • Sylamore Ranger District [9]
  • St. Francis Ranger District [10]
  • Bear Creek Lake
  • Storm Creek Lake

Communities
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References
  1. White Rock WMA- Retrieved 2019-07-26
  2. Black Mountain and Eastern Railroad- Retrieved 2019-07-26
  3. Ozarks: Land and Life (pp. 107)- Retrieved 2019-07-26
  4. Pleasant Hill Ranger District- Retrieved 2019-07-26
  5. Mt. Magazine Ranger District- Retrieved 2019-07-26
  6. Big Piney Ranger District- Retrieved 2019-07-26
  7. Boston Mountain Ranger District- Retrieved 2019-07-26
  8. Shores Lake Recreation Area- Retrieved 2019-07-26
  9. Sylamore Ranger District- Retrieved 2019-07-26
  10. St. Francis Ranger District- Retrieved 2019-07-26



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