Wisconsin Waterfowl Production Areas

Wisconsin Waterfowl Production Areas in numbers

Two districts, one set of daily-removal rules.

The realty layer names 60 Leopold units and 48 St. Croix units; the St. Croix district says 42 WPAs open to public hunting, 7,980 acres. Blue Wing and Wilcox WPAs are closed to all hunting.

WPAs open for ducks, geese, upland birds and deer under Wisconsin seasons. Boats, decoys, blinds, stands and cameras come out at the end of every day, and gun-season ground blinds in the Leopold district show 144 square inches of orange or pink.

Counted by DNR region, the WPAs split South Central 35, West Central 33, Northern 15, Northeast 13 and Southeast 9. Biggest WPAs by acreage: Leopold Wetland Management District (13,500 acres), St. Croix Wetland Management District (7,980 acres), Uihlein Waterfowl Production Area (2,436 acres), Baraboo River Waterfowl Production Area (950 acres) and Schoeneberg Marsh Waterfowl Production Area (735 acres).

The Northwoods (Northern): 15 WPAs, the largest Plum Brush Waterfowl Production Area at 155 acres, most of them in Polk County. Northeast Wisconsin (Northeast): 13 WPAs, the largest Uihlein Waterfowl Production Area at 2,436 acres, most of them in Fond du Lac County. West-central Wisconsin (West Central): 33 WPAs, the largest St. Croix Wetland Management District at 7,980 acres, most of them in St. Croix County. South-central Wisconsin (South Central): 35 WPAs, the largest Leopold Wetland Management District at 13,500 acres, most of them in Columbia County. Southeast Wisconsin (Southeast): 9 WPAs, the largest Kettle Moraine Waterfowl Production Area at 303 acres, most of them in Ozaukee County.