Islands of the Potomac Wildlife Management Area

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Islands of the Potomac Wildlife Management Area
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Location in Maryland
Location Montgomery, Garrett, Allegany, Frederick, Maryland, United States
Coordinates 39°15′56″N77°31′52.5″W / 39.26556°N 77.531250°W / 39.26556; -77.531250
OperatorMaryland Department of Natural Resources
Website Islands of the Potomac WMA

The Islands of the Potomac Wildlife Management Area is a Wildlife Management Area (WMA) consisting of 30 islands in the Potomac River in Maryland along its border with the state of Virginia. It is administered by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.

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Islands of the Potomac WMA protects 824 acres (3.33 km2) of wildlife habitat in Allegany (80 acres [0.32 km2]), Washington (6 acres [0.024 km2]), Frederick (223 acres [0.90 km2]) and Montgomery (515 acres [2.08 km2]) counties. [1] The islands are accessible only by boat. Within the WMA is established the Islands of the Potomac Wildland (see Maryland Wildland), consisting of about 82% (676 acres [2.74 km2]) of the total area.

Three of the islands (all in Montgomery County) are open to public hunting: Oxley Island, Mason Island and Maddox Island. [2]

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References

  1. “DNR Owned Land Acreage Report, 2008” Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine ; Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
  2. "islandsofthepotomac". dnr2.maryland.gov. Retrieved December 12, 2016.