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Wildlife Management Areas in Arkansas Name County or counties Area (acres) Year Established Remarks Image Bayou Des Arc WMA White: 953: 1966: Created with a 320-acre public fishing lake. [2] Bayou Meto WMA Arkansas, Jefferson: 33,832: Called the "George H. Dunklin Jr. Bayou Meto WMA" and also called "Wabbaseka Scatters" or just the "Scatters". [3]
Asclepias prostrata, commonly known as prostrate milkweed, is a species of perennial plant in the genus Asclepias. [2] It has triangular to elliptical foliage with wavy margins, stems up to 16 inches (410 mm) long, and grows low to the ground (hence the name, which refers to a prostrate growth habit) in sandy soils.
The White Rock Wildlife Management Area (WMA) was designated in 1976 as 280,000 acres (110,000 ha) of protected area within the boundaries of the Ozark National Forest.The WMA is owned by the U. S. Forest Service and managed under the provisions of a Memorandum of Understanding by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, and is situated in the Boston Mountains of Northwest Arkansas.
Contiguous with the refuge on the east is the Big Lake Wildlife Management Area, owned by the state of Arkansas. It comprises 12,320 acres (49.9 km 2) and is open for hunting deer, waterfowl, and small game. The wildlife management area consists mostly of bottomland hardwood forests. Both areas are subject to flooding. [8]
A map of White River National Wildlife Refuge, including areas proposed for expansion. The White River National Wildlife Refuge (officially Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge) is a 160,756 acres (650.56 km 2) wildlife refuge located in Desha, Monroe, Phillips, and Arkansas counties in the U.S. state of Arkansas.
For example, A. curassavica, or tropical milkweed, is often planted as an ornamental in butterfly gardens outside of its native range of Mexico and Central America. Year-round plantings of this species in the United States are controversial and criticised, as they may lead to new overwintering sites along the U.S. Gulf Coast and the consequent ...
The good news for the milkvetch plant is that they usually need wildfire to sprout — meaning dormant seeds now have a massive new habitat for a new crop of the rare shrub.
The refuge consists of 4,522 acres (18.30 km 2) acres of agricultural land, 4,201 acres (17.00 km 2) of bottomland hardwood forest including wetland sloughs and oxbow lakes, 6,188 acres (25.04 km 2) of land being reforested, and 111 acres (0.45 km 2) of roads, levees, and other man-made facilities.