Cecil D. Andrus Wildlife Management Area

Cecil D. Andrus Wildlife Management Area
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)

Location	Washington County, Idaho, United States
Nearest city	Cambridge, ID
Coordinates	44°45′27″N 116°53′19″W / 44.757589°N 116.888624°W / 44.757589; -116.888624Coordinates: 44°45′27″N 116°53′19″W / 44.757589°N 116.888624°W / 44.757589; -116.888624
Area	23,908 acres (96.8 km²)
Established	1993
Governing body	Idaho Department of Fish and Game
http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/ifwis/ibt/site.aspx?id=SW11

Cecil D. Andrus Wildlife Management Area at 23,908 acres (96.75 km²) is an Idaho wildlife management area in Washington County 18 miles (29 km) from Cambridge.^[1] The WMA was formed in 1993 when the Mellon Foundation purchased the Hillman Ranch and deeded it to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game for wildlife conservation.^[2] The WMA now manages additional lands primarily from the Idaho Department of Lands but also Payette National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management.^[3] It is named for Cecil D. Andrus, a former U.S. Secretary of the Interior and two-time Governor of Idaho.

The WMA is located along the Brownlee Reservoir on the Snake River near the Oregon border.^[4] Mule deer and elk are the most common big game animals in the WMA, but other species including bighorn sheep and golden eagles can be found there.^[5]

References

↑ "Cecil Andrus Wildlife Management Area". Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
↑ White, Jim (April 2006). "Cecil D. Andrus Wildlife Management Area Long Range Management Plan". Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
↑ "Andrus WMA". Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
↑ "Andrus Wildlife Management Area, Idaho". Public Lands Information Center. Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
↑ "Wildlife Management Areas". Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved May 29, 2012.

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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

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