Overflow National Wildlife Refuge

33°04′00″N 91°40′30″W / 33.0667916°N 91.6751235°W / 33.0667916; -91.6751235^[1]Area13,973 acres (56.55 km²)Established1980Governing bodyU.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceWebsiteOverflow National Wildlife Refuge

Overflow National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is a 13,973 acre (56.55 km²) national wildlife refuge in Ashley County, Arkansas. Overflow NWR is one of three refuges forming an administrative complex, which also includes Felsenthal NWR and Pond Creek NWR to the west.^[2]

Habitat and wildlife

Overflow National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) was established in 1980 to protect one of the last remaining bottomland hardwood forests in the Mississippi Alluvial Plains.^[3] These forests are considered vital for wintering migratory waterfowl populations in the Mississippi Flyway. The refuge is composed of nearly 14,000 acres of bottomland hardwood forests, shrub wetlands, moist-soil units, and upland pine-hardwood forests.^[4] It also contains a 230-acre (0.9 km²) old growth Sugar Maple and American Beech forest.^[5]

Overflow NWR has been recognized as a state-wide Important Bird Area by the National Audubon Society.^[6] Carefully timed flooding of the bottomlands and moist-soil units stimulates the growth of native wetland plants, insects, crustaceans, and mollusks.^[7] These high energy foods are crucial for the survival of migratory waterfowl and shorebirds.

References

^ "Overflow National Wildlife Refuge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "About Us: Other Facilities in this Complex". Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
^ "About Us". Overflow National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
^ Felsenthal and Overflow National Wildlife Refuges Comprehensive Conservation Plan (PDF). Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region. October 2010. p. 16. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
^ Davis, Mary (2005). Old Growth in the East: Arkansas (PDF). www.primalnature.org. pp. 7–8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-25. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
^ "Overflow National Wildlife Refuge". Audubon. National Audubon Society. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
^ Felsenthal and Overflow National Wildlife Refuges Comprehensive Conservation Plan (PDF). Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region. October 2010. p. 44. Retrieved 3 June 2022.

External links

Overflow National Wildlife Refuge's Official Website

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