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Felsenthal and Overflow National Wildlife Refuge Transportation Study: Short and Long Range Improvement Plan
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2012-06-01
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Abstract:The South Arkansas National Wildlife Refuges Complex consists of three National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) in southern Arkansas. The two Refuges studied in this report are the Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge and the Overflow National Wildlife Refuge. The Felsenthal and Overflow NWRs contain approximately 65,000 and 14,000 acres, respectively, of mainly bottomland hardwood forest. Based on the number of hunting/fishing permits issued, approximately 400,000 people visited Felsenthal NWR and 15,000 people visited Overflow NWR last year. Felsenthal NWR has the largest green-tree reservoir in the world, due in part to the Ouachita and Saline Rivers that flow through it. A green-tree reservoir is a bottomland hardwood forest that is carefully flooded during the dormant season of the hardwood forest communities to provide a habitat for wintering waterfowl. As a result, Felsenthal NWR is a prime location for recreational hunting, fishing, and wildlife observation. The Refuge is also known to contain the nests of red cockaded woodpeckers, a vulnerable species. Overflow NWR also has a green-tree reservoir that serves the mallard, wood duck, and other waterfowl in the Mississippi flyway. Additionally, Overflow NWR contains a number of accessible sloughs and creeks, as well as cropland acreage that is currently farmed. The third refuge that is part of the South Arkansas NWR complex, but is not included in this study, is the Pond Creek NWR, which is located in western Arkansas.
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