Hard-working trees. (Clippings).Armstrong Wood Products is helping plant 175,000 native hardwoods at the Bayou Bartholomew in Arkansas and an additional 25,000 hardwoods at the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge  National Wildlife Refuge in Texas. Bayou Bartholomew, the world's longest bayou, begins slightly northwest of Pine Bluff, Arkansas Pine Bluff is the largest city and county seat of Jefferson CountyGR6, Arkansas, United States. It is also the principal city of the Pine Bluff Metropolitan Statistical Area and part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff, Arkansas Combined , and flows approximately 300 miles before crossing the border of Louisiana and joining the Ouachita River. Lined in places with cypress and tupelo swamps, inhabited by alligators and large turtles, visited by waterfowl, and containing more than 130 species of fish, the bayou is considered a wonder of nature. Although it's escaped many of the negative effects of channelization chan·nel·ize tr.v. chan·nel·ized, chan·nel·iz·ing, chan·nel·iz·es 1. To make, form, or cut channels in. 2. To direct through a channel. common to other parts of the delta, this riparian area still suffers from previous deforestation deforestation Process of clearing forests. Rates of deforestation are particularly high in the tropics, where the poor quality of the soil has led to the practice of routine clear-cutting to make new soil available for agricultural use. and agriculturalization. It's also an important habitat for endangered, threatened, and sensitive species such as the American alligator, snapping turtle, and bald eagle. The Lower Rio Grande Valley NWR NWR National Wildlife Refuge NWR NOAA Weather Radio NWR National Wildlife Reserve NWR North West Region NWR Not Work Related NWR Network Wavelength Requirement NWR Not Worth Reporting NWR Nuclear Weapons Report follows the last 275 river miles of the Rio Grande. Subtropic, temperate, coastal, and desert influences converge at this juncture, and the Lower Rio Grande Valley is considered one of the most biologically diverse wildlife refuges in the continental United States United States territory, including the adjacent territorial waters, located within North America between Canada and Mexico. Also called CONUS. . Eleven distinct biotic communities are host or home to 1,100 types of plants, 700 vertebrate species (including 484 birds), and more than 300 species of butterflies. More than 60 native tree species, including bottomland hardwoods, are being planted on riparian land. |
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