Dierssen Wildlife Management Area

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Dierssen Wildlife Management Area
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
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Dierssen WMA, East Impoundment
Location Montgomery County U.S.
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Area 40 acres (0.16 km2)
Governing body Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Dierssen Wildlife Management Area is a Wildlife Management Area near Seneca, MD in Montgomery County, Maryland.[1] [2] It covers a 40 acre tract of marshy woodland, with two man-made ponds ('impoundments') for wildlife, located between Chesapeake & Ohio Canal towpath (mileposts 20.08 to 20.90[3]) and the Potomac River. The nearest access point is the Pennyfield Lock parking lot at MP 19.7. Unlike most WMA's in Maryland, Dierrsen is a wildlife sanctuary - no hunting is allowed, but hiking and photography are encouraged. Because of the impoundments and location on the Potomac migration route, the tract is a well known habitat for waterfowl, wading birds and songbirds. There are nesting boxes for wood ducks.

Also present are white-tailed deer, grey and red fox, beaver, and wild turkeys. The site, donated as a waterfowl sanctuary, is named for Marshall Bidwell Dierssen.[4]

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Dierssen West Impoundment

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