The primary purposes of Watts Flats Wildlife Management Area (WMA) are for wildlife management, wildlife habitat management, and wildlife-dependent recreation.
This is a 1,324-acre property located approximately eight miles southwest of the city of Jamestown and three miles southeast of the village of Panama. The area consists of
nearly 1,000 acres of shrub swamp, emergent marsh, and open water wetland, as well as approximately 250 acres of brush and grassland. The area was purchased in 1979 by the DEC to ensure the
permanent preservation of this diverse natural wetland.