In This Site




 |
|
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) of Arkansas, working with the Arkansas Natural
Heritage Commission, began an inventory of the wetlands of the Arkansas "Delta"
in 1988. Though more than 80% of the bottomland hardwood forests in the Delta
had been lost, a magnificent half million acre continuous corridor of wetland
forests remained in the Cache and lower White River areas.
Through efforts of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC), the North
American Waterfowl Management Plan, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS),
with support from TNC, Natural Heritage Commission, Ducks Unlimited and the
Arkansas Wildlife Federation, the RAMSAR Convention of the United Nations has
deemed the public areas "internationally important wetlands."
The Nature Conservancy calls the half million acres of forested wetlands the
"Big Woods of Arkansas," and has been working with public and private partners
to conserve, restore, expand, connect and sustainably use the natural resources
of the Big Woods.
Photo top: Mallard duck in flight. Photo courtesy of P. and E. Bauer/USFWS.
Photo bottom: Hunting waterfowl. Photo courtesy of M. Hemming/USFWS.
|
|
Christopher Homes of Clarendon, Inc.
400 Meadow Ln.
Clarendon, AR 72029
(870) 747-5441
cla@christopherhomesofarkansas.org
Manager: Diane Grimes
View Larger Map |