Mud Creek Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is located in the northwestern corner of Vermont in the town of Alburg. It is mostly marshland, with a small upland component. Its 1,151 acres are owned by the State of Vermont and managed by the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. The property extends from the Canadian border south to Mud Creek’s mouth in Ransoms Bay in Lake Champlain. The best access is from Route 78 as it crosses the Creek, where there is an old railroad bed that has been made into a biking and hiking path. There are times when access along the path is restricted. Please read and follow the posted regulations. Green Woods Road in Alburg cuts through the northern end of the WMA. The heart of the marsh can only be accessed by small boat. Hunting in the Controlled Hunting Area is by permit only. Mud Creek is a sluggish stream that arises in Canada and flows south to Lake Champlain. There is a water control structure that has raised the water level and created more marshland. The WMA is a mix of cattail-dominated emergent marsh, deep bulrush marshes and forested swamp. Forest swamp communities include red maple-black ash, spruce- fir-tamarack and red maple-northern white cedar. Right at the mouth of the Creek there is a small section of lake sand beach. A rare plant called Torrey’s rush occurs in the marsh, as well as other interesting plants such as matted spike-rush, yellow water-crowfoot, nodding trillium and cattail sedge. The State-endangered spiny softshell turtle is sometimes a summer visitor.