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How To Get There
Leaving the City of Montpelier traveling east on US 89 for 2
1/2 miles is the WMA entrance and parking lot on the north
side of the highway. This is as far as motorized vehicles may
travel on the north side of the highway.
General Information
Montpelier WMA is located one-quarter mile east of the City of
Montpelier in Bear Lake County. It is managed to provide wildlife
habitat and wildlife related recreation. The Idaho Department
of Fish and Game owns 1,312 acres and manages 825 adjacent
acres owned by the Bureau of Land Management and Idaho
Department of Lands. The major objective is the protection
and enhancement of mule deer and elk winter range. Access for
hunting, trapping and wildlife viewing will be maintained as much
as possible without compromising wildlife habitat values.
Mission Statement: The mission of the Montpelier Wildlife
Management Area is to enhance mule deer winter range through
vegetation management; to benefit wildlife and fish species by
maintaining optimal successional stage and vegetation type diversity
while improving plant vigor; and to provide opportunities for
non-consumptive and consumptive wildlife-based recreation that is
compatible with maintaining high quality wildlife and fish habitat.
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