The area consists of 11,308 acres and is divided by the Black River. Approximately 3,000 is on the east side of the Black River adjacent to an oxbow named Shirey Bay, near the community of Portia, in Lawrence County. The remaining 7,000-plus acres are directly across Black River to the west near the community of Lynn in Lawrence County. The western edge of the WMA is in the Ozark Foothills region, but most of the acreage is bottomland hardwood forest. More than 1,000 acres of old field systems add an open land component. These are maintained by a combination of prescribed fire, mechanical vegetation control and specialized farming and moist soil management. Over half the area is subject to overflow by the Black River with at least one flood event per year on the average. Follow Arkansas Highway 25 to Black Rock and turn right under the Black River Bridge following Arkansas Highway 25 to Lynn. Turn left in Lynn at the directional sign indicating the project location. Over 3,000 acres of green tree reservoir attracts many ducks and provides some of the finest timber hunting opportunity in the state. Squirrel hunting is very popular on the area and is second only to duck hunting with regards to hunter participation. Field edges and stream banks offer good rabbit hunting. Deer hunting is limited to archery/crossbow and to a youth modern gun hunt and muzzleloader season by limited permit. A huntable population of turkeys is found on the area.