The South Shore Management Area, in total, covers approximately 109 acres. Much of the management area was purchased as working farms in cultivated fields and have been maintained in that way. DEM Fish and Wildlife leases all the farmland to local farmers who grow a variety of agricultural crops ranging from corn and potatoes to vegetables and other row crops. Lands surrounding the various fields which are not cultivated consist of forested or brush/scrub lands adding diversity to the management area. The principal purpose of maintaining the management areas as working farms is to preserve the agricultural land uses so important to the wildlife community in the south shore region. These farms are used extensively by migratory waterfowl, particularly Canada Geese and various species of ducks, as resting and feeding stopovers during migration and wintering periods.