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Clear Creek Wildlife Management Area is a tract of
protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...
located in Vernon Parish, Louisiana. The
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is a state agency of Louisiana that maintains state wildlife and fishery areas. The agency is headquartered in the capital city of Baton Rouge. Mission The Louisiana Department of Wildlife a ...
(LDWF) leases the land from Hancock Timber.


History

The land formally belonged to Forest Capital Partners, LLC, and was purchased, by ''Molpus Woodlands Group'' and ''The Hancock Timber Resource Group'' (Hancock Timber) in a 1.88 million acre land deal.


Location

The property is bordered on the north by
LA 8 Louisiana Highway 8 (LA 8) is a state highway in Louisiana. It spans beginning at the Louisiana/Texas state line west of Leesville and ending at an intersection with U.S. Route 425 and LA 15 in Sicily Island. Route description From the west ...
(west of Anacoco Lake) and LA 111, that runs from Burr Ferry, through Evans towards Merryville, forms the western border, with the WMA crossing the highway in three areas in the southern half. The eastern and southern border is
Bayou Anacoco In usage in the Southern United States, a bayou () is a body of water typically found in a flat, low-lying area. It may refer to an extremely slow-moving stream, river (often with a poorly defined shoreline), marshy lake, wetland, or creek. They ...
that drains into the
Sabine River (Texas–Louisiana) The Sabine River () is a long riverU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 20, 2011 in the Southern U.S. states of Texas and Louisiana, From the 32nd parallel north and ...
. LA 464 runs diagonally northeast to southwest through the WMA.


Description

The WMA is planted predominantly with company timber land, criss-crossed by several parish roads, oil field roads, and other gravel roads, with a sand pit and logging pond on the property. There is what is now called a cultural lookout tower known locally as the Evans lookout tower, also referred to as the Evans fire tower.


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, in Kisatchie National Forest east of
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, and northwest of Louisiana National Guard Training Center Pineville and the Esler Field Wildlife Management Area.


See also

* Clear Creek (disambiguation)


References

{{Protected areas of Louisiana Wildlife management areas of the United States Protected areas of Louisiana Geography of Vernon Parish, Louisiana Wildlife management areas of Louisiana