Boyd Sartell Wildlife Management Area in Rice County offers nearly 1,000 acres of diverse habitat divided between two units—Rainbow Island subunit between General Shields Lake and Little Mud Lake, and the main unit along the Cannon River and west shore of General Shields Lake.

The area provides quality hunting and fishing opportunities for deer, waterfowl, turkey, and angling within an hour of the Twin Cities, with access to shoreline on Little Mud Lake and Shields Lake (the source of the Cannon River).