NYS DEC Forever Wild Forest Preserve with birding, boating opportunities. Water Access Only.

The primary purposes of Maple Bend Island Wildlife Management Area (WMA) are for wildlife management, wildlife habitat management, and wildlife-dependent recreation. The WMA overlooks the great Lake Champlain and is a subset of Lake George Wild Forest.

DEC acquired this unique property in 2012 from the Nature Conservancy (TNC) to keep some of the largest wetlands on Lake Champlain intact. The property features 2,140 feet of undeveloped shoreline and 70 acres of wetland communities that support rare plants and falls within an area that provides critical breeding, staging, and migration habitat for thousands of waterfowl species.