Pomme de Terre Wildlife Management Area, also referred to as Pomme de Terre WMA, is a 6,434 acres (2,604 ha) protected area located in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, owned and managed by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF).
[citation needed] Pomme de Terre WMA is located north of LA 1, Simmesport, and the communities of Red Fish and Yellow Bayou (site of the Battle of Yellow Bayou, with access from LA 451 through Hamburg.
[citation needed] Pomme de Terre WMA comprises around 60% open water and marsh areas containing water hyacinth, duckweed, lotus (the nuts are edible and the Cajuns call them "graine à voler"),[3] cutgrass, and buttonbush.
The understory consists of haws, deciduous holly, dogwood, elderberry, and seedlings of the overstory.
The result was two units, that can be operated independently and impacting 1,200 acres (490 ha), utilizing concrete spillways and gated culverts to control water flow and improve hydrology in forested wetlands.