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How To Get There
Big Cottonwood Wildlife Management Area (BCWMA) is northwest of Oakley in south central Idaho's Cassia County. To reach BCWMA, take Interstate 84 to Exit 208 (Burley) and travel 20 miles south on State Highway 27 to the BCWMA sign (1600 South). Turn west on 1600 South and follow the signs 7 miles to the management area.
General Information
The 814-acre BCWMA was purchased by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game in 1993 for fish and wildlife conservation. Lying along Big Cottonwood Creek, which drains from the South Hills, BCWMA is home to reintroduced California bighorn sheep, mule deer, upland birds, native Yellowstone cutthroat trout, wild turkeys, bobcat, and a multitude of other wildlife species.
The BCWMA offers a host of recreational activities to all visitors. For hunting, fishing, hiking, backpacking, horseback riding, mountain biking, and wildlife watching, this area of quiet sagebrush and juniper foothills, towering cottonwoods with river birch and willows, and rugged desert canyon country is a place of solitude and relaxation from the outside world.
With unlimited access to adjacent federal and state lands, visitors to BCWMA can escape from that hectic routine to the tranquil and scenic environment of this realm. An afternoon hiking the trails of BCWMA, fishing Big Cottonwood Creek for native "cutts," watching red-tailed hawks soar, or exploring a beaver pond will provide a healthy dose of nature's best therapy.
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