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How To Get There
Camas Prairie Centennial Marsh WMA is located 14 miles west of the town of Fairfield in southcentral Idaho’s Camas County. To reach the WMA from the west, take Interstate 84 to exit 95 (Mountain Home). Turn north on U.S. Highway 20 and travel 45 miles to Hill City, Idaho. Watch for the WMA sign and west entrance (Swamp Road) to Camas Prairie Centennial Marsh WMA.
From the east, take Interstate 84 to exit 157. Turn north on State Highway 46 and travel 35 miles to the U.S. Highway 20 junction. Turn west on Highway 20 and travel another 13 miles. The WMA’s east entrance (Wolf Lane) is just past the small community of Corral.
General Information
Surrounded on all sides by mountainous terrain, an ancient lake bed in southcentral Idaho has undergone a geologic transformation, existing now as a high prairie community. A small creek, fed seasonally by spring runoff, inundates the surrounding land, creating a unique marsh habitat. A portion of this area was set aside for wildlife in 1987, when Ducks Unlimited, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) and The Nature Conservancy combined efforts to purchase 360 acres. Additional purchases soon followed, and today, Camas Prairie Centennial Marsh Wildlife Management Area (WMA) covers just over 3,100 acres, providing a sanctuary for waterfowl, shorebirds and a host of other wildlife.
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