Henderson Swamp PHA

The WMA is open year-round during daylight hours, with access dependent on hunting seasons.   License fees may apply.

TWRA Contact Information: Region 4 office: 1-423-587-7037, Toll-Free: 1-800-332-0900, Email the office, Area Manager: David Sams 1-423-235-4882

Description: TWRA has established numerous PHAs. A PHA is an area established for the protection of wildlife species and public use by both consumptive and non-consumptive users but is not intensively managed. PHAs are generally small and isolated from other TWRA-managed lands. General WMA Regulations also apply to PHAs. However, WMA Permits are not required on these lands. For information on these areas and their exact locations, search the interactive map.

In Tennessee from fall through spring a large variety of hawks, sparrows, neotropical migrants, and, depending on water conditions, waterfowl, wading birds and shorebirds. Examples of some of the species known to exist: Sharp-shinned Hawk, Grass. Sparrow, Great Egret, Short-eared Owl, Stilt Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Chuck-will's-widow, Whip-poor-will, Brown Creeper, Northern Harrier, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Eastern Wood-pewee, Prairie Warbler, Little Blue Heron, Least Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher. Orchard Oriole, Loggerhead Shrike, R.h. Woodpecker, Kentucky Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler, Dickcissel, Winter Wren, Barn Owl, White-eyed Vireo. The majority of Tennessee's ducks and geese have been found here in winter, along with Bald Eagles