The White Rock Wildlife Management Area (WMA) was designated in 1976 as of

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within the boundaries of the Ozark National Forest. The WMA is owned by the

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and managed under the provisions of a Memorandum of Understanding by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, and is situated in the

Boston Mountains The Boston Mountains is a Level III ecoregion designated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Oklahoma. Part of the Ozarks, the Boston Mountains are a deeply dissected plateau. The ecoregion is steeper ...

of Northwest Arkansas.

Description

St Francis National Forest Phillips County AR 001

The Mulberry River runs through the southern part of the WMA and there are four major lakes; Shores Lake, Horsehead Lake, Lake Ft Smith and Lake Shepherd Springs. Fishing, hunting, trapping, and recreational activities such as canoeing, hiking, and observing fauna and viewing flora . Wildlife includes squirrels, deer, wild turkeys, black bears and fur-bearers. There are camping, picnic and swimming areas throughout the WMA. There are six districts in the WMA. The

Pig Trail Scenic Byway The pig (''Sus domesticus''), often called swine, hog, or domestic pig when distinguishing from other members of the genus '' Sus'', is an omnivorous, domesticated, even-toed, hoofed mammal. It is variously considered a subspecies of ''Sus ...

runs from Brashears through Cass and south towards Interstate 49. Cass was an old sawmill town from 1915 to 1926 when the ''Black Mountain and Eastern Railroad'' ran from

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to Cass.

Districts

*Pleasant Hill Ranger District :*Horsehead Lake Recreation Area :*Ozone Recreation Area :*Pleasant Hill Shooting Range :*Redding Campground :*Wolf Pen *Mt. Magazine Ranger District :*Cove Lake Recreation Area :*Mount Magazine Complex :*Spring Lake *Big Piney Ranger District :*Bayou Bluff :*Brock Creek :*Haw Creek Falls :*Long Pool Recreation Area :*Rotary Ann Roadside Rest Area :*East Fork Wilderness *Boston Mountain Ranger District :*Lake Wedington :*Natural Dam Picnic Area :*Gray's Spring :*Shores Lake Recreation Area () in Franklin County. :*White Rock Mountain *Sylamore Ranger District :*Barkshed Campground :*Gunner Pool Campground :*Blanchard Springs Recreation Area and Campground :*Sylamore Shooting Range :*

Leatherwood Wilderness The Leatherwood Wilderness, a federally designated wilderness area, is located within the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest in Arkansas is the largest wilderness area in Arkansas. The US Congress designated the Leatherwood Wilderness in 1984 an ...

:*Syllamore Mountain Bike Trail :* Blanchard Springs Caverns *St. Francis Ranger District St. Francis Ranger District
Retrieved 2019-07-26 :*Bear Creek Lake :*Storm Creek Lake

Communities

* Bidville

References

{{Reflist * Wildlife management areas of Arkansas * * Protected areas of Crawford County, Arkansas * Protected areas of Franklin County, Arkansas * Protected areas of Johnson County, Arkansas * Protected areas of Madison County, Arkansas * Protected areas of Newton County, Arkansas * * Protected areas of Washington County, Arkansas * Protected areas established in 1976