Honobia Creek Wildlife Management Area
Honobia Creek WMA
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Map of the Little River watershed through Honobia Creek WMA
Map showing the location of Honobia Creek Wildlife Management Area
Map showing the location of Honobia Creek Wildlife Management Area
Location within Oklahoma
LocationPushmataha, Le Flore, and McCurtain Counties, Oklahoma
Nearest cityRattan, Oklahoma
Coordinates34°22′33″N 95°14′48″W / 34.37583°N 95.24667°W / 34.37583; -95.24667 (Cloudy Nashoba Trail)
Area97,758.18 acres (395.6133 km2)
Governing bodyPrivate land managed by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC)

Honobia Creek Wildlife Management Area is a protected area of privately owned land located in Pushmataha, Le Flore, and McCurtain Counties, Oklahoma, totaling 97,758.18 acres (39,561.33 ha), and managed by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC).[1]


Organization

Three private forest investment companies, the Hancock Natural Resource Group (HNRG), Rayonier Forest Resources, and Molpus Timberlands Management, entered into agreements with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) in 2010 to manage the states first privately owned WMA. The property is run under a land access fee permit system.[2]


Location

Located in the southeast corner of Oklahoma twenty-one miles of the upper course of the Little River flows through the WMA. The 203,246 acres (82,251 ha) Three Rivers WMA shares 16 miles (26 km) of border on the east side.[3]

See also

List of Oklahoma Wildlife Management Areas

References

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