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Coordinates: 39°31′38″N 79°47′12″W / 39.52722°N 79.78667°W

Upper Deckers Creek Wildlife Management Area
West Virginia Wildlife Management Area
Canadian Goose (Branta canadensis) may be found at the Upper Deckers Creek WMA
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
Counties	Preston

Elevation	1,710 ft (521.2 m) ^[1]
Coordinates	39°31′38″N 79°47′12″W / 39.52722°N 79.78667°W / 39.52722; -79.78667

Area	56 acres (22.7 ha) ^[2]

Management	Wildlife Resources Section, WV Division of Natural Resources
Owner	WVDNR

IUCN category	IV - Habitat/Species government Area

Nearest town	Reedsville, West Virginia

Location of Upper Deckers Creek Wildlife Management Area in West Virginia

Upper Deckers Creek Wildlife Management Area, is located about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Reedsville, West Virginia in Preston County. Upper Deckers Creek WMA is located on 56 acres (23 ha), consisting of two small fishing ponds and surrounding forested rolling hills.^[2]

The WMA is accessed from County Route 27/3 about one mile north of Reedsville.

1 Hunting and Fishing
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

Hunting and Fishing [edit]

Hunting opportunities are limited by the small size of the WMA and the nearby housing. Waterfowl can be taken from the impoundments.^[2]

Upper Deckers Creek WMA provides fishing opportunites for bluegill.

Camping is not available at the WMA.^[2]

References [edit]

^ Acme Mapper 2.0, Upper Deckers Creek WMA, retrieved January 25, 2009
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Upper Deckers Creek WMA page". West Virginia DNR website. WV Division of Natural Resources. Retrieved January 27, 2009.

External links [edit]

Protected Areas of West Virginia

Federal

National Historical Parks	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Harpers Ferry

National Forests	George Washington and Jefferson Monongahela

National Recreation Areas	Gauley River Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks (USFS)

National Wildlife Refuges	Canaan Valley Ohio River Islands

National Trails System	Appalachian National Scenic Trail

Wilderness Areas	Big Draft Wilderness Cranberry Wilderness Dolly Sods Wilderness Laurel Fork North Wilderness Laurel Fork South Wilderness Mountain Lake Wilderness Otter Creek Wilderness Roaring Plains Wilderness Spice Run Wilderness

National Rivers	Bluestone NSR New River Gorge

State

State parks	Audra Babcock Beartown Beech Fork Berkeley Springs Blackwater Falls Blennerhassett Island Bluestone Cacapon Resort Camp Creek Canaan Valley Resort Carnifex Ferry Battlefield Cass Scenic Railroad Cathedral Cedar Creek Chief Logan Droop Mountain Battlefield Fairfax Stone Greenbrier River Trail Hawks Nest Holly River Little Beaver Lost River Moncove Lake North Bend Rail Trail North Bend Pinnacle Rock Pipestem Resort Prickett's Fort Stonewall Jackson Lake Tomlinson Run Tu-Endie-Wei Twin Falls Resort Tygart Lake Valley Falls Watoga Watters Smith Memorial

State forests	Cabwaylingo Calvin Price Camp Creek Coopers Rock Greenbrier Kanawha Kumbrabow Seneca

Wildlife management areas	Allegheny Amherst-Plymouth Anawalt Lake Bear Rock Lakes Becky Creek Beech Fork Lake Berwind Lake Beury Mountain Big Ditch Big Ugly Bluestone Burches Run Burnsville Lake Castleman Run Lake Cecil H. Underwood Center Branch Chief Cornstalk Conaway Run Lake Cross Creek Dents Run Dunkard Fork East Lynn Lake Edwards Run Elk Creek Elk River Fort Mill Ridge Frozen Camp Green Bottom Handley Hilbert Hillcrest Horse Creek Hughes River Huttonsville State Farm Lantz Farm and Nature Preserve Laurel Lake Lewis Wetzel Little Indian Creek McClintic Meadow River Mill Creek Moncove Lake Morris Creek Nathaniel Mountain Panther Pedlar Pleasant Creek Plum Orchard Lake Pruntytown State Farm R.D. Bailey Lake Ritchie Mines Sand Hill Shannondale Springs Short Mountain Slatyfork Sleepy Creek Smoke Camp Snake Hill South Branch Stonecoal Lake Stonewall Jackson Lake Stumptown Summersville Lake Tate Lohr Teter Creek Lake The Jug Thorn Creek Tug Fork Turkey Run Upper Deckers Creek Upper Mud River Valley Bend Wetlands Wallback Widmeyer Woodrum Lake

Other WVDNR sites	West Virginia State Wildlife Center

Non-
governmental

Nature Conservancy preserves	Brush Creek Bear Rocks Cranesville Swamp Greenland Gap Hungry Beech Ice Mountain Mount Porte Crayon Murphy Panther Knob Pike Knob Slaty Mountain Upper Shavers Fork Yankauer

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