New Hampshire Wildlife Management Areas
The NH Fish and Game Department owns 124 Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) across the state, encompassing nearly 53,200 acres. The primary purpose of these lands is to protect and improve habitat for wildlife, but these lands are also open for public recreation including hunting, fishing, trapping (by permit only – view NH trapping information), and wildlife watching. Read the WMA rules for a full list of activities that are allowed.
Many of our WMAs in the Great Bay region were conserved through the efforts of the Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership - a collaboration of conservation agencies and organizations that has conserved over 6,000 acres in that region since the mid 1990s. Visit www.greatbaypartnership.org to see maps of lands conserved through their efforts. Learn more about how NH Fish and Game manages its WMAs for both wildlife and people.
Peruse the WMA listing by town. We will be adding more WMAs to this list over time. Select the name of a property to go to a description of the area, including downloadable maps. An interactive statewide map of all of WMAs is also available.
Wildlife Management Area Listing
Town |
WMA Name |
Acres |
Alton |
Beaver Brook WMA |
220 |
Alton |
Merrymeeting Marsh Wildlife WMA |
552 |
Alton |
Powdermill Hatchery Lands (includes property formerly known as Marks WMA) |
338 |
Andover |
Kearsarge WMA |
1080 |
Antrim |
Hosmer Wildlife Management Area |
74 |
Ashland |
Church Hill WMA |
167 |
Barrington |
Stonehouse Pond WMA |
11.5 |
Boscawen |
Hirst Marsh WMA |
156 |
Brentwood |
State Game Farm WMA |
37.5 |
Brentwood |
Deer Hill WMA |
335 |
Brookfield, Middleton, New Durham |
Ellis R. Hatch Jr. WMA (formerly known as Jones Brook WMA) |
1492 |
Campton |
Pemigewasset River WMA |
82 |
Canaan |
Herbert L. Webster WMA |
91 |
Canaan |
Mascoma River WMA |
125 |
Canterbury |
Muchyedo Banks WMA |
290 |
Canterbury |
Morrill Pond WMA |
106 |
Charlestown |
Spaulding Wildlife Management Area |
54 |
Colebrook |
Connecticut River Drivers WMA |
64 |
Columbia |
Hedgehog Brook WMA |
840 |
Concord |
Hoit Road Marsh WMA |
216 |
Concord |
Sewall's Falls Multi-Use Recreation Area |
214 |
Concord |
Soucook Wildlife Management Area |
20 |
Cornish |
Chase Island WMA |
10 |
Cornish |
Cornish WMA |
29 |
Croydon, Grantham & Newport |
William B. Ruger WMA |
3,181 |
Danbury |
Danbury Bog WMA |
246 |
Deerfield |
Corey WMA |
178 |
Dover |
Bellamy River WMA |
400 |
Dover |
Cocheco River WMA |
149 |
Dublin |
Peterson Waterfowl Management Area |
11 |
Dublin |
Ryan Wildlife Management Area |
50 |
Dummer |
Bofinger WMA |
47 |
Durham |
Adams Point WMA |
70 |
Durham |
Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Wildlife Management Area - Oyster River |
20 |
Durham and Newmarket |
Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Wildlife Management Area - Crommet and Lubberland Creeks (30 parcels) |
762 |
Durham and Newmarket |
Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Wildlife Management Area - Lamprey River (5 parcels) |
304 |
Ellsworth |
Clarada WMA |
35 |
Enfield, Grantham |
Henry Laramie WMA |
3062 |
Enfield |
Lower Shaker WMA |
1096 |
Epping |
Goodrich Marsh Waterfowl Management Area |
40.5 |
Exeter |
Conner Farm WMA |
235 |
Exeter, Newfields, and Epping |
Piscassic River WMA |
868 |
Fitzwilliam and Rindge |
Pearly Lake WMA |
672 |
Franklin |
Webster Lake WMA |
151 |
Grafton, Springfield |
McDaniels Marsh WMA |
609 |
Greenfield |
Powdermill Pond WMA |
126 |
Greenland |
Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Wildlife Management Area - Great Bay Wildlife Management Area and Great Bay Shoreline South |
116 |
Greenland / Stratham |
Great Bay Discovery Center |
49 |
Greenville |
Souhegan River WMA |
199 |
Groton |
Kimball Hill WMA |
2,831 |
Hancock |
Carpenter's Marsh and Eva's Marsh WMAs |
397 |
Hillsborough |
Farrar Marsh WMA |
469 |
Holderness |
Owl Brook Hunter Education Center Lands |
508 |
Kingston |
Powwow River WMA |
101 |
Kingston and East Kingston |
Currier Management Area |
151 |
Lebanon |
Lebanon WMA |
24.5 |
Londonderry |
Musquash Swamp WMA |
150 |
Londonderry |
Little Cohas Marsh Waterfowl Management Area |
31 |
Lyme |
Wilder WMA |
60 |
Merrimack and Bedford |
Dumpling Brook WMA |
188 |
Milford |
Milford Fish Hatchery |
162 |
Millsfield and Erving's Location |
Mount Kelsey WMA |
1281 |
Moultonboro |
Kona WMA |
315 |
New Durham |
Coldrain Pond WMA |
62 |
Newington and Greenland |
Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Wildlife Management Area - Great Bay Farms |
130 |
Newington |
Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Wildlife Management Area - Great Bay Shoreline North (2 parcels) |
18 |
Newmarket |
Tuttle Swamp Wildlife Management Area (4 parcels) |
179 |
Newton |
Sargent WMAs |
356 |
Northwood |
Forest Peters WMA |
456 |
Northwood, Deerfield |
Lamontagne, Woodman Marsh, Straughan, and Dole's Marsh WMAs |
478 |
Orford |
Reeds Waterfowl Management Area |
64 |
Ossipee |
Garland Pond WMA |
107 |
Pittsburg |
Brown Lots I and II WMAs |
808 |
Pittsburg and Clarksville |
Connecticut Lakes Natural Area (WMA and Nature Preserve) |
25000 |
Portsmouth |
Great Bog Wildlife Management Area (2 parcels) |
263 |
Rindge and Fitzwilliam |
Pearly Lake WMA |
672 |
Shelburne |
Androscoggin River Wildlife Management Area |
6 |
Stark |
Upper Ammonoosuc Wildlife Management Area |
96.5 |
Stratford |
Fort Hill WMA |
610 |
Stratham |
Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Wildlife Management Area - Squamscott River |
128 |
Stoddard |
Robb Reservoir Waterfowl Management Area |
2 |
Sunapee |
Cemetery Hill WMA |
99 |
Sunapee |
Gordon WMA |
35.5 |
Sunapee |
Wendall Marsh Waterfowl Management Area |
10 |
Sutton |
Cascade Marsh and Chadwick Meadows WMAs |
555 |
Tamworth |
Hackett Hill WMA |
223 |
Thornton |
Thornton Wildlife Management Area |
24 |
Unity and Lempster |
Gallop Marsh Waterfowl Management Area |
19 |
Wakefield |
Union Meadows WMA |
122 |
Walpole |
Great Island WMA |
8.5 |
Walpole |
Hubbard Farms WMA |
31 |
Weare |
Perkins Pond WMA |
307 |
Webster |
Leonard and Knights Meadow Marsh WMA |
855 |
Wentworths Location and Errol |
Greenough Ponds Wildlife Management Area |
934 |
See also: Merrimack River Wildlife Heritage Trail