Town: Becket
Acreage: 26.4
Wildlife Management Zone: 2
Description
Shaker Mill Brook is a small WMA in North Becket. There are steep hemlock dominated slopes that head up from the road frontage on Route 8. As the slopes become more gradual the forest starts to contain more white pine and mixed hardwoods. Shaker Mill Brook runs along the southern property line.
Location, access, & parking
This WMA has frontage on the west side of Route 8, but there is no formal parking or space for roadside parking.
Hunting & fishing opportunities
Shaker Mill Brook is a Coldwater Fish Resource containing brook trout.
About Wildlife Management Areas
WMAs are intentionally wild, visitors will find natural landscapes rather than maintained trails.
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