Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area

Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)

Location	Bannock and Franklin counties, Idaho, United States
Nearest city	Oxford, ID
Coordinates	42°14′09″N 111°59′36″W / 42.2357546°N 111.9932905°W / 42.2357546; -111.9932905Coordinates: 42°14′09″N 111°59′36″W / 42.2357546°N 111.9932905°W / 42.2357546; -111.9932905^[1]
Area	1,878 acres (2.934 sq mi; 7.60 km²)^[2]^[3]
Established	1985^[3]
Governing body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Website	Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area

Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area is a slough in Franklin and Bannock counties on the edge of Oxford in southeast Idaho.^[4] It was purchased in 1985 from the Federal Land Bank using Federal Duck Stamp funds to protect redhead nesting habitat.^[3] The area is largely hardstem bulrush marsh, interspersed with open water and surrounded by areas of playa, saltgrass flats, native wet meadow, and some cropland. The lower areas have visible alkali deposits. The marsh is fed on the north and drained at the south by Deep Creek. A smaller creek and several springs feed the marsh from the west. It is managed by Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge.

Attempts to drain it in the 1950s were marginally successful; the drainage ditches still exist but have mostly filled in. The native pasture is no longer grazed. Most of the meadows are hayed to provide short grass feeding areas for geese and cranes. Most of the dry cropland has been converted to dense nesting cover. The irrigated cropland is used for small grains under a cooperative farm agreement; a portion of the crop is left each year for wildlife.

References

↑ "Oxford Slough". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
↑ "Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area". Public Lands Information Center. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
1 2 3 "Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge: Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area" (PDF). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. June 2010. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
↑ "Oxford Slough WPA". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. May 12, 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2012.

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

Protected areas of Idaho

Federal

National Parks	Yellowstone

National Historic Sites & Historical Parks	Minidoka NHS Nez Perce NHP

National Monuments	Craters of the Moon Hagerman Fossil Beds

National Forests	Bitterroot Boise Caribou-Targhee Clearwater Coeur d'Alene Idaho Panhandle Kaniksu Kootenai Nez Perce Payette Salmon-Challis Sawtooth St. Joe Wallowa–Whitman Wasatch-Cache

National Grasslands	Curlew

National Recreation Areas	Hells Canyon Sawtooth

National Wildlife Refuges	Bear Lake Camas Deer Flat Grays Lake Kootenai Minidoka Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area

National Conservation Areas	Snake River Birds of Prey

Wilderness Areas	Big Jacks Creek Bruneau–Jarbidge Rivers Craters of the Moon Frank Church–River of No Return Gospel Hump Hells Canyon Hemingway–Boulders Jim McClure–Jerry Peak Little Jacks Creek North Fork Owyhee Owyhee River Pole Creek Sawtooth Selway-Bitterroot White Clouds

State

State Parks	Bear Lake Bruneau Dunes Castle Rocks City of Rocks Coeur d'Alene Parkway Dworshak Eagle Island Farragut Harriman Hells Gate Henrys Lake Heyburn Lake Cascade Lake Walcott Land of the Yankee Fork Lucky Peak Massacre Rocks McCroskey Old Mission Ponderosa Priest Lake Round Lake Thousand Springs Three Island Crossing Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes Winchester Lake

Wildlife Management Areas	Big Cottonwood Billingsley Creek Blackfoot River Boise River Boundary Creek Camas Prairie Centennial Marsh Carey Lake Cartier Slough Cecil D. Andrus C.J. Strike Coeur d'Alene River Craig Mountain Deer Parks Farragut Fort Boise Georgetown Summit Hagerman Market Lake McArthur Lake Montour Montpelier Mud Lake Niagara Springs Payette River Pend Oreille Portneuf Red River St. Maries Sand Creek Snow Peak Sterling Tex Creek

Idaho Department of Parks & Recreation (website)

National Wildlife Refuges of the United States

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