Featherfin Wildlife Management Area
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Map showing the location of Featherfin Wildlife Management Area
Map showing the location of Featherfin Wildlife Management Area
Location within Virginia
Map showing the location of Featherfin Wildlife Management Area
Map showing the location of Featherfin Wildlife Management Area
Featherfin Wildlife Management Area (the United States)
LocationPrince Edward, Appomattox, and Buckingham counties, Virginia
Nearest cityFarmville
Coordinates37°22′19″N 78°34′57″W / 37.3719°N 78.5826°W / 37.3719; -78.5826[1]
Area2,800 acres (11 km2)
Governing bodyVirginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

Featherfin Wildlife Management Area is a 2,800-acre (11 km2) Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Prince Edward, Appomattox, and Buckingham counties, Virginia. It covers forests and marshland along 10 miles (16 km) of the Appomattox River; many stands of hardwood and pine (primarily loblolly) may be found within its boundaries. Some of these are found on old farm fields.[2]

Featherfin WMA is owned and maintained by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. The area is open to the public for hunting, fishing, hiking, and primitive camping. Horseback riding is not permitted.[2] Access for persons 17 years of age or older requires a valid hunting or fishing permit, a current Virginia boat registration, or a WMA access permit.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Featherfin Farm". ProtectedPlanet. United Nations Environment Programme's World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Featherfin". Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Access Permit". Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. Retrieved January 4, 2017.


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