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Public Hunting Land in Polk County, MN

Polk County covers about 1,999 square miles and is home to roughly 31,192 people. It contains land from 3 National Wildlife Refuges or stations and 40 named Waterfowl Production Areas totaling 13,420 acres.

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40WPAs

13.4KWPA acres

3refuges & stations

6hunt units

Map of public land in Polk County

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Waterfowl Production Area (public)County lineRefuge / station Tip: switch to Satellite or USGS Topo in the layer menu · click the map for GPS coordinates

Waterfowl Production Areas in Polk County

Largest WPAs (acres)

1,758 ac

1,348 ac

1,212 ac

868 ac

630 ac

598 ac

571 ac

447 ac

383 ac

380 ac

357 ac

323 ac

WPA	Acres	Managed by	GPS
Winger WPA	1,758	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.5860, -95.9556`
Erskine Complex WPA	1,348	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.6598, -96.0578`
Melvin Slough WPA	1,212	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.6289, -96.4101`
Clarke WPA	868	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.7278, -95.9532`
Hill River WPA	630	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.6670, -95.8414`
Jenkins WPA	598	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.5352, -95.6932`
Vesledahl WPA	571	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.5354, -96.0729`
Gustafson WPA	447	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.6206, -95.5851`
Hagen WPA	383	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.5899, -95.6072`
Salvhus WPA	380	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.6671, -95.7883`
Maple Lake WPA	357	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.6527, -96.2031`
Beito WPA	323	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.7300, -95.8941`
Smith WPA	322	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.5140, -95.6958`
Woodside WPA	315	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.6216, -96.1204`
Union Lake WPA	298	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.5824, -96.1100`
Sollie Enterprises WPA	297	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.5653, -95.6929`
Maltrod Lake WPA	295	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.5687, -96.0784`
Jacobson WPA	244	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.6085, -96.1695`
Lengby WPA	233	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.5331, -95.6541`
Aasen WPA	200	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.5813, -96.0340`
Moren WPA	191	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.6626, -96.1895`
Turtle Lake WPA	169	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.6005, -95.6778`
Espeseth WPA	163	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.6187, -95.9026`
Halverson WPA	163	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.6334, -95.8488`
Vaa WPA	161	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.6553, -95.8167`
Lepier WPA	160	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.5757, -95.7958`
Haslie Lake WPA	160	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.5824, -95.6887`
Hanson WPA	158	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.6840, -95.9285`
Sand Hill Lake WPA	152	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.5188, -95.7196`
Opgrand WPA	122	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.5085, -95.8773`
Foot Lake WPA	120	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.6169, -95.9695`
Cable Lake WPA	119	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.6815, -96.1723`
Poplar River WPA	97	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.7234, -96.0057`
The Nature Conservancy WPA	88	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.6760, -96.2099`
Underdahl WPA	80	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.6164, -96.0834`
Hendrickson Lake WPA	79	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.6492, -95.7612`
Rydell WPA	53	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.6707, -96.1024`
Farrell WPA	39	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.6850, -96.1815`
McIntosh WPA	36	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.6310, -95.8945`
Ness WPA	33	Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District	`47.5600, -96.1865`

Refuges & stations with land in Polk County

Detroit Lakes WMD

Becker County, MN

1 special1 closed

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50.2K huntable acres

Glacial Ridge NWR

Polk County, MN

2 special1 closed

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17.4K huntable acres

Rydell NWR

Polk County, MN

2 special1 closed

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1.8K huntable acres

Hunt units in Polk County

Unit	Refuge	Status	Acres
A	Glacial Ridge NWR	Special regs	12,960
B	Glacial Ridge NWR	Special regs	4,445
Closed	Glacial Ridge NWR	Closed	5,846
Unit A	Rydell NWR	Special regs	1,378
Unit B	Rydell NWR	Special regs	458
Closed	Rydell NWR	Closed	203

Neighboring counties with public land

Grand Forks County, ND 15 WPAs · 2 refuges
Mahnomen County, MN 25 WPAs · 1 refuges
Marshall County, MN 1 WPAs · 2 refuges
Norman County, MN 5 WPAs · 2 refuges
Traill County, ND 4 WPAs · 1 refuges