Big Cottonwood Wildlife Management Area

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{{Infobox protected area

| name = Big Cottonwood Wildlife Management Area

| iucn_category = IV

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| map = Idaho

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| map_alt = A map of Idaho showing the location of the Big Cottonwood WMA

| coordinates = {{coord|42.304728|-114.012629|display=inline, title}}

| location = Cassia County, Idaho, United States

| nearest_city = Oakley, ID

| area = {{convert|814|acres|km2|1}}

| established = 1993

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| governing_body = Idaho Department of Fish and Game

| url = https://www.webcitation.org/6EaS3fWby?url=http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/ifwis/ibt/site.aspx?id=82

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Big Cottonwood Wildlife Management Area at {{convert|814|acre|km2}} is an Idaho wildlife management area in Cassia County northwest of the town of Oakley.{{cite web |title=Big Cottonwood Wildlife Management Area |publisher=Idaho Department of Fish and Game |url=http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/ifwis/ibt/site.aspx?id=82 |accessdate=May 30, 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912105158/http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/ifwis/ibt/site.aspx?id=82 |archivedate=September 12, 2015 |url-status=dead }} The land for the WMA was purchased in 1993 by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game and had previously been a cattle ranch and farm for nearly 100 years.{{cite web |last1=Gregory |first1=Terry D. |last2=Apa |first2=Anthony D. |last3=Gorgen |first3=William F. |last4=McDonald |first4=Michael J. |last5=Musil |first5=Dave D. |title=Big Cottonwood Wildlife Management Area Management Plan |publisher=Idaho Department of Fish and Game |date=July 1999 |url=https://fishandgame.idaho.gov/ifwis/portal/sites/ifwis/files/webform/wmasurvey/Big%20Cottonwood%20Management%20Plan.pdf |accessdate=May 30, 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502051922/https://fishandgame.idaho.gov/ifwis/portal/sites/ifwis/files/webform/wmasurvey/Big%20Cottonwood%20Management%20Plan.pdf |archivedate=May 2, 2012 |url-status=dead }}

The WMA is at the foothills of the South Hills in Sawtooth National Forest.{{cite web |title=Big Cottonwood Wildlife Management Area, Idaho |publisher=Public Lands Information Center |url=http://publiclands.org/explore/site.php?id=2491 |accessdate=May 30, 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728153240/http://publiclands.org/explore/site.php?id=2491 |archivedate=July 28, 2013 |url-status=dead }} Wildlife found in the WMA include mule deer, Yellowstone cutthroat trout, and reintroduced California bighorn sheep.{{cite web |title=Wildlife Management Areas |publisher=Idaho Department of Fish and Game |url=http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/public/wildlife/wma/ |accessdate=May 30, 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302053701/http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/public/wildlife/wma/ |archivedate=March 2, 2013 |url-status=dead }}