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Cecil D. Andrus Wildlife Management Area

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Nearest city
  
Cambridge, ID

Phone
  
+1 208-465-8465

Area
  
96.75 km²

Established
  
1993

Cecil D. Andrus Wildlife Management Area

Location
  
Washington County, Idaho, United States

Governing body
  
Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Address
  
4187 ID-71, Cambridge, ID 83610, USA

Similar
  
Brownlee Reservoir Charters, Oxbow Hatchery ‑ Idaho Fis, Seven Devils Lodge Gu

Cecil D. Andrus Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is a 23,908 acres (96.75 km2) Idaho wildlife management area in Washington County, 18 miles (29 km) from Cambridge, Idaho. 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. The WMA now manages additional lands as well, primarily from the Idaho Department of Lands, but also from Payette National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management. It is named for Cecil D. Andrus, a former U.S. Secretary of the Interior who also served four terms as Governor of Idaho.

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

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Cecil D. Andrus Wildlife Management Area Wikipedia