Walk-in public land

Waterfowl Production Areas

Waterfowl Production Areas (WPAs) are small, federally owned wetland and grassland tracts — most in the Prairie Pothole Region — bought largely with Federal Duck Stamp revenue. They are generally open to hunting, fishing and trapping under state rules. Browse 3,251 named WPAs covering 815K acres.

WPAs on the mapWPA guide
3,251named WPAs
815Kacres of public land
8states
251average acres

WPAs by state

WPA acreage by state
North Dakota
294,452 ac
Minnesota
226,754 ac
South Dakota
162,662 ac
Wisconsin
22,827 ac
Montana
55,326 ac
Iowa
26,674 ac
Nebraska
25,926 ac
Michigan
563 ac

North Dakota

1209 WPAs · 294K acres

Minnesota

967 WPAs · 227K acres

South Dakota

717 WPAs · 163K acres

Wisconsin

106 WPAs · 22.8K acres

Montana

99 WPAs · 55.3K acres

Iowa

86 WPAs · 26.7K acres

Nebraska

63 WPAs · 25.9K acres

Michigan

4 WPAs · 563 acres

Largest Waterfowl Production Areas

WPACountyAcres
Koenig WPAMcLean County, ND3,471
Chase Lake WPAStutsman County, ND2,868
Hansen WPAStillwater County, MT2,806
Coteau Prairie WPAMountrail County, ND2,760
Rath/Wonnenburg WPABurleigh County, ND2,722
Nikolaisen WPATowner County, ND2,657
Woodworth Station WPAStutsman County, ND2,627
Prongua WPAFlathead County, MT2,465
Uihlein WPAWinnebago County, WI2,436
Alice WPACass County, ND2,348
Holm WPABlaine County, MT2,286
Fuller WPAWilliams County, ND2,278