The Narrows Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is a 429-acre tract of land owned by the State of Vermont and managed by the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. It is located in the “Dresden Narrows” section of Lake Champlain, west of Cold Spring Road in the town of West Haven. Access the WMA by boat on Lake Champlain. A parking area is located near the sharp turn on Cold Spring Road. The Narrows WMA has 81 acres of wetlands that is part of a series of large wetlands in this area of Lake Champlain. They are known collectively as The Narrows Marshes. The WMA has many interesting features including 5,456 feet of shoreline frontage on Lake Champlain, several rare plant species, and examples of natural communities such as a calcareous cliff community. Please keep in mind that plants should not be picked or dug up regardless of abundance. clearing. A dilapidated two-story house in the clearing is estimated to be about 150 years old. The WMA contains 348 acres of upland hardwood forest, including 15 acres of old fields and several old orchards which provide excellent wildlife habitat for birds and mammals. The hardwood forests are composed of red and sugar maple, yellow birch, beech, red, chestnut and chinkapin oaks, shagbark hickory, hophornbeam, apple and scattered white pine. The ledges and cliffs have softwoods such as white and red cedar, hemlocks, and red and white pines. Two of Vermont’s largest trees are located on this WMA. One is a shagbark hickory that is 88 feet tall and has a dbh (diameter at breast height) of 48 inches. The other, a chinkapin oak, is a New England Champion Tree. It is 60 feet tall and has a dbh of 40 inches. The Narrows WMA is adjacent to approximately 350 acres of conserved farmland and in the vicinity of two large natural areas owned by The Nature Conservancy.