The primary purposes of Perch River Wildlife Management Area (WMA) are wildlife management, wildlife habitat management, and wildlife-dependent recreation.
This WMA is a 7,862 acre parcel and is dominated by wetland and open water habitats, but also offers woodland, early successional, and grassland habitats.
The area is well known for its waterfowl and furbearer populations and also supports deer, upland small game, and variety of unique non-game species. The grasslands are mowed periodically in
late summer to inhibit brush growth and maintain the diversity of habitat that make Perch River so attractive to wildlife. Water levels in the impoundments are managed to provide stable open water
and emergent marsh habitat for the waterfowl and other water-dependent bird and furbearer species found on the WMA.