The Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area is a conservation area located in western New York, USA. Most of this wildlife area is in the northwest part of Genesee County, but a small northern portion is in Orleans County.
The wetland, which is the heart of the conservation area, is formed by a natural obstruction to the flow of Oak Orchard Creek. Oak Orchard WMA along with the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge and the Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area farther to the west, forms a continuous conservation and management zone, the Alabama Swamp Complex, covering part of three counties.
Most of the pedestrian traffic in the WMA is along the dikes that separate the wetland into discrete marshes. Except for unpaved roads reserved for official use, the only roadways through the area are a few local rural roads.
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