The Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area

The Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area (HM22B8)

Location: Addison, VT 05491 Addison County
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Country: United States of America
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N 44° 5.115', W 73° 20.207'

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The Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area (WMA) was established in 1950 to provide breeding and migrational habitat for waterfowl. It is owned by the State of Vermont and managed by the Fish and Wildlife Department. Acquisition and development efforts, including construction of 16 water level control structures, have resulted in a protected and managed area of 2,858 acres consisting of wetlands, grasslands, woodlots and agricultural fields. Habitat productivity is enhanced through a combination of periodic mowing, burning, water level manipulation and agricultural activities that benefit more than 250 species of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians. Funding for the Dead Creek WMA has been generated primarily by hunters through a federal tax on sporting arms and ammunition, and their purchase of licenses.
This observation area borders an operational dairy farm which serves as the refuge and was acquired as an addition to the Dead Creek WMA in 1976. The cultivated fields provide feeding and resting areas for thousands of migrating waterfowl during October and November. The four-acre pond which can be seen 250 yards southwest from here is drawn down each summer and planted to grain crops or allowed to reseed naturally to moist soil plants. Reflooding in late September provides an additional feeding, watering and resting area for
ducks and geese.
Several privately owned agricultural fields close to this refuge are leased to the Fish and Wildlife Department for public goose hunting which occurs in October and November. Hunting is by permit only and provides for a regulated harvest of a renewable resource, while helping to alleviate crop damage on private lands by foraging geese.
Most of the Dead Creek WMA is open for waterfowl hunting in the fall and for other wildlife-related recreational activities throughout the year. Restricted areas, such as the refuge adjacent to this observation area, are clearly marked and are necessary to prevent disturbance to waterfowl as they rest and feed.
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HM NumberHM22B8
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Placed ByVermont Fish & Wildlife Department
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Date Added Thursday, October 26th, 2017 at 7:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 633156 N 4882686
Decimal Degrees44.08525000, -73.33678333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 44° 5.115', W 73° 20.207'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds44° 5' 6.9" N, 73° 20' 12.42" W
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Area Code(s)802
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2015 VT-17, Addison VT 05491, US
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