Big Cottonwood Wildlife Management Area

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Big Cottonwood Wildlife Management Area
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
A map of Idaho showing the location of the Big Cottonwood WMA
A map of Idaho showing the location of the Big Cottonwood WMA
Location Cassia County, Idaho, United States
Nearest city Oakley, ID
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Area 814 acres (3.3 km2)
Established 1993
Governing body Idaho Department of Fish and Game
http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/ifwis/ibt/site.aspx?id=82

Big Cottonwood Wildlife Management Area at 814 acres (3.29 km2) is an Idaho wildlife management area in Cassia County northwest of the town of Oakley.[1] The land for the WMA was purchased in 1993 by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game and had previously been a cattle ranch and farm for nearly 100 years.[2]

The WMA is at the foothills of the South Hills in Sawtooth National Forest.[3] Wildlife found in the WMA include mule deer, Yellowstone cutthroat trout, and reintroduced California bighorn sheep.[4]

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