Waterfowl Production Areas · North Dakota state guide

North Dakota Waterfowl Production Areas

North Dakota has 1209 named WPAs totaling 294,452 acres across 40 counties. Each tract below links to a satellite map, GPS coordinates, directions and shooting-hour tables.

1209WPAs
294Kacres
40counties
244average acres

Map of North Dakota WPAs

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About North Dakota's Waterfowl Production Areas

Waterfowl Production Areas are federally owned wetlands and grasslands bought mostly with Federal Duck Stamp revenue and managed by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wetland management districts. Unlike most National Wildlife Refuges, WPAs are generally open to hunting, fishing and trapping under North Dakota state regulations, with a few federal rules on top — walk-in access only, no camping and, in many districts, nontoxic shot for all shotgun hunting. Land next to a WPA is almost always private, and conservation easements are private land too.

In North Dakota, WPAs are managed by 12 offices: Devils Lake Wetland Management District (223 WPAs), Kulm Wetland Management District (196 WPAs), J. Clark Salyer Wetland Management District (163 WPAs), Chase Lake Prairie Project Wetland Management District (138 WPAs), Crosby Wetland Management District (95 WPAs), Long Lake Wetland Management District (88 WPAs), Audubon Wetland Management District (86 WPAs), Valley City Wetland Management District (77 WPAs), Tewaukon Wetland Management District (65 WPAs), Lostwood Wetland Management District (48 WPAs), Arrowwood Wetland Management District (28 WPAs), Northeast Montana Wetland Management District (2 WPAs).

WPA acres by county

Largest WPAs in North Dakota

WPACountyAcresNearest town
Koenig WPAMcLean County3,47133 mi SE of Garrison
Chase Lake WPAStutsman County2,86831 mi SW of Carrington
Coteau Prairie WPAMountrail County2,76018 mi SW of Kenmare
Rath/Wonnenburg WPABurleigh County2,72238 mi NE of Bismarck
Nikolaisen WPATowner County2,65737 mi NW of Devils Lake
Woodworth Station WPAStutsman County2,62721 mi S of Carrington
Alice WPACass County2,34826 mi SE of Valley City
Fuller WPAWilliams County2,27826 mi SE of Crosby
Kindschi WPASheridan County2,05651 mi E of Garrison
Allen Laschkewitsch Weckerly WPASheridan County2,04845 mi W of Carrington

New to WPAs? Read Waterfowl Production Areas explained, upland hunting on WPAs and public-land duck hunting tactics.

All North Dakota WPAs by county

Barnes County 44 WPAs · 8,229 acres

Benson County 60 WPAs · 9,192 acres

Bottineau County 16 WPAs · 2,563 acres

Burke County 12 WPAs · 3,574 acres

Burleigh County 36 WPAs · 11,756 acres

Cass County 4 WPAs · 3,405 acres

Cavalier County 38 WPAs · 12,207 acres

Dickey County 43 WPAs · 10,235 acres

Divide County 71 WPAs · 11,591 acres

Eddy County 20 WPAs · 4,816 acres

Emmons County 11 WPAs · 3,603 acres

Foster County 8 WPAs · 1,365 acres

Grand Forks County 15 WPAs · 7,204 acres

Griggs County 17 WPAs · 4,363 acres

Hettinger County 1 WPAs · 1,214 acres

Kidder County 41 WPAs · 8,307 acres

LaMoure County 38 WPAs · 5,504 acres

Logan County 52 WPAs · 12,541 acres

McHenry County 29 WPAs · 5,821 acres

McIntosh County 65 WPAs · 17,179 acres

McLean County 40 WPAs · 12,375 acres

Mountrail County 50 WPAs · 11,522 acres

Nelson County 24 WPAs · 3,350 acres

Pembina County 6 WPAs · 2,222 acres

Pierce County 50 WPAs · 12,654 acres

Ramsey County 42 WPAs · 9,610 acres

Ransom County 25 WPAs · 4,314 acres

Renville County 4 WPAs · 310 acres

Richland County 22 WPAs · 6,490 acres

Rolette County 28 WPAs · 6,030 acres

Sargent County 18 WPAs · 5,160 acres

Sheridan County 45 WPAs · 12,575 acres

Steele County 10 WPAs · 2,934 acres

Stutsman County 96 WPAs · 28,627 acres

Towner County 26 WPAs · 7,384 acres

Traill County 4 WPAs · 716 acres

Walsh County 11 WPAs · 1,785 acres

Ward County 34 WPAs · 6,144 acres

Wells County 39 WPAs · 11,084 acres

Williams County 14 WPAs · 4,497 acres