Coeur d'Alene River Wildlife Management Area

Coeur d'Alene River Wildlife Management Area
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)

Location	Benewah and Kootenai counties, Idaho, United States
Nearest city	St. Maries, ID
Coordinates	47°28′57″N 116°43′56″W / 47.482485°N 116.732146°W / 47.482485; -116.732146Coordinates: 47°28′57″N 116°43′56″W / 47.482485°N 116.732146°W / 47.482485; -116.732146
Area	5,799 acres (23.5 km²)
Established	1964
Governing body	Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Coeur d'Alene River Wildlife Management Area at 5,799 acres (23.47 km²) is an Idaho wildlife management area primarily in Kooteani County but also in Benewah County. The majority of the WMA is located in the Thompson Lake Segment along the Coeur d'Alene River, but portions are also located along the St. Joe River in the upper sections of Lake Coeur d'Alene near Heyburn State Park.^[1] Land acquisition for the WMA began in 1964.^[2]

The WMA is managed for migratory and resident waterfowl and was created to enhance waterfowl habitat and production.^[3] Ruffed grouse, American coots, and snowshoe hare are found in the WMA, among other wildlife.^[4] Part of the Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes travels through the WMA.

References

↑ "Coeur d'Alene River Wildlife Management Area". Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 20, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
↑ Nigh, John; Hanna, Paul (July 1999). "Coeur d'Alene River Wildlife Management Area: Management Plan". Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 20, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
↑ "Coeur d'Alene Wildlife Management Area". Public Lands Information Center. Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
↑ "Wildlife Management Areas". Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2012.

Protected areas of Idaho

Federal

National Parks	Yellowstone

National Historic Sites & Historical Parks	Minidoka NHS Nez Perce NHP

National Monuments	Craters of the Moon Hagerman Fossil Beds

National Forests	Bitterroot Boise Caribou-Targhee Clearwater Coeur d'Alene Idaho Panhandle Kaniksu Kootenai Nez Perce Payette Salmon-Challis Sawtooth St. Joe Wallowa–Whitman Wasatch-Cache

National Grasslands	Curlew

National Recreation Areas	Hells Canyon Sawtooth

National Wildlife Refuges	Bear Lake Camas Deer Flat Grays Lake Kootenai Minidoka Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area

National Conservation Areas	Snake River Birds of Prey

Wilderness Areas	Big Jacks Creek Bruneau–Jarbidge Rivers Craters of the Moon Frank Church–River of No Return Gospel Hump Hells Canyon Hemingway–Boulders Jim McClure–Jerry Peak Little Jacks Creek North Fork Owyhee Owyhee River Pole Creek Sawtooth Selway-Bitterroot White Clouds

State

State Parks	Bear Lake Bruneau Dunes Castle Rocks City of Rocks Coeur d'Alene Parkway Dworshak Eagle Island Farragut Harriman Hells Gate Henrys Lake Heyburn Lake Cascade Lake Walcott Land of the Yankee Fork Lucky Peak Massacre Rocks McCroskey Old Mission Ponderosa Priest Lake Round Lake Thousand Springs Three Island Crossing Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes Winchester Lake

Wildlife Management Areas	Big Cottonwood Billingsley Creek Blackfoot River Boise River Boundary Creek Camas Prairie Centennial Marsh Carey Lake Cartier Slough Cecil D. Andrus C.J. Strike Coeur d'Alene River Craig Mountain Deer Parks Farragut Fort Boise Georgetown Summit Hagerman Market Lake McArthur Lake Montour Montpelier Mud Lake Niagara Springs Payette River Pend Oreille Portneuf Red River St. Maries Sand Creek Snow Peak Sterling Tex Creek

Idaho Department of Parks & Recreation (website)

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