Billingsley Creek Wildlife Management Area

{{Short description|Protected area in Idaho, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox protected area

| name = Billingsley Creek 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 Billingsley Creek WMA

| coordinates = {{coord|42.755419|-114.81455|display=inline, title}}

| location = Gooding County, Idaho, United States

| nearest_city = Hagerman, ID

| area = {{convert|284|acres|km2|1}}

| established = September 1963

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| governing_body = Idaho Department of Fish and Game

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Billingsley Creek Wildlife Management Area at {{convert|284|acre|km2}} is an Idaho wildlife management area in Gooding County near the town of Hagerman.{{cite web |title=Billingsley Creek Wildlife Management Area |publisher=Idaho Department of Fish and Game |url=http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/public/docs/wma/billingsley.pdf |accessdate=May 30, 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120824143407/http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/public/docs/wma/billingsley.pdf |archivedate=August 24, 2012 |url-status=dead }} The WMA is in the Hagerman Valley near the Snake River and was purchased from the McCarther Cattle Company in September 1963.{{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=Billingsley Creek 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/Billingsley%20Creek%20Management%20Plan.pdf |accessdate=May 30, 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502052549/https://fishandgame.idaho.gov/ifwis/portal/sites/ifwis/files/webform/wmasurvey/Billingsley%20Creek%20Management%20Plan.pdf |archivedate=May 2, 2012 |url-status=dead }}

The area is managed for migratory waterfowl, and other wildlife includes raptors and small game animals.{{cite web |title=Billingsley Creek Wildlife Management Area, Idaho |publisher=Public Lands Information Center |url=http://publiclands.org/explore/site.php?id=2489 |accessdate=May 30, 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331215421/http://publiclands.org/explore/site.php?id=2489 |archivedate=March 31, 2012 |url-status=dead }} The WMA is open to hunting, duck hunting is the dominant late-winter use, and deer hunting is limited to shotguns only.{{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 }}