The property was acquired in 1976 and is under the authority of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF).

The WMA is located NNE of Jeanerette and Charenton, east of the west Atchafalaya Basin Spillway levee.

Destination points of hunters and fishermen on the west side of the Atchafalaya are Mud Cove (Iberia Parish), Rogers Cove, Miller Chute, Crew Boat Chute, Raymonds Cove, Goat Island, Myette Pointe, and San Diego Cut, in St. Mary Parish, along with part of Grassy Lake, that is on the east side of the river.

There is a tract of land east of the Atchafalaya opposite Mud Cove in Iberia Parish and south of that is Schwing Cove, Schwing Chute, and an Exxon pipeline runs diagonal east to west through the area that is in St. Martin Parish.

[2] In 1999 Hunt Oil installed a water control structure with some minor levee repairs when extending Crew Boat Chute.