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Marion County
=Ray Memorial Wildlife Area= Hannibal, Missouri 63401 Ray Memorial Wildlife Area web site Ray Memorial Wildlife Area map Ray Memorial Wildlife Area brochure

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Ray Mem WA
Coordinates: 39.7353, -91.4112 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Ray Memorial Wildlife Area
In Hannibal from the junction of Route W and US-61, take Route W west approximately 1 mile. Mostly forested with an archery range.

Highway 61 divides this area's 148 acres (58 acres to the east and 90 acres to the west). The area consists of approximately 80 percent timbered land and 20 percent open land.

Kate Ray Kuhn donated 58 acres to the Conservation Department in 1971, in honor of her father, J. Thad Ray. She willed an additional 90 acres to the Conservation Department upon her death in 1978 so that all might enjoy the outdoors.

J. Thad Ray was a long-time Marion County farmer and county official. J. Thad Ray Memorial Conservation Area contains a field archery range with 10 targets and a practice archery range with five points.

Open land management includes the establishment of native warm-season grasses to provide habitat for a variety of wildlife. The area provides habitat for an assortment of woodland wildlife species, including whitetail deer, squirrels, raccoons, and songbirds. From Ray Memorial Wildlife Area web site

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