Wilbur Wright Fish and Wildlife Area

 protected area, wildlife management area

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Wilbur Wright Fish and Wildlife Area contains 1,070 acres of river valleys and associated uplands in Henry County. The Big Blue River is the western boundary, and the dark, organic soil floodplain occupies approximately one-third of the property. The remainder of the property is the adjacent uplands and the Little Blue River valley. The property has areas of mature woods, fallow cropland, prairie grasses and forbs, and other areas of early to mid-successional habitat.

Wilbur Wright was created with surplus state lands transferred from the Indiana Department of Mental Health (New Castle State Hospital) to the DNR Division of State Parks in 1972. The acreage was transferred to the Division of Fish & Wildlife in 1974 when wildlife management began with trees and food plots planted throughout the property.