Steam Mill Brook Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is a 10, 2 -acre tract of land owned by the State of Vermont and managed by the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. The land lies in Caledonia County in the towns of Walden, Stannard, Wheelock and Danville. The WMA can be accessed from a number of places including Stannard Mountain Road, Coles Pond Road in Walden and Danville, and Rock Road. Steam Mill Brook WMA is located in the southern part of Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. The terrain is typical for the region, with rolling mountains, hills and plateaus. Elevations range from 1,600 feet along the southern boundary to 2,783 feet on Wheelock Mountain. The WMA is dominated by forestland, a mixture of northern hardwoods (beech, yellow birch and sugar maple) and red spruce- balsam fir forests. Intermingled with the forests are 288 acres of wetland habitats, comprised of alder swales, streams, beaver flowages and several ponds, including Coles Pond. Steam Mill Brook originates from Stannard Pond and runs south through the length of the WMA. Many management practices are used to promote habitat diversity. These include mowing fields and openings, maintaining apple trees, regenerating and thinning timber stands, retaining mast stands and snags, and wetland buffer protection.