MO-Douglas+Branch+Conservation+Area


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Vernon County
=Douglas Branch Conservation Area= Richards, Missouri 64778 Douglas Branch Conservation Area web site Douglas Branch Conservation Area map

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Douglas Branch CA
Coordinates: 37.9247, -94.3771 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Douglas Branch Conservation Area
From Nevada, take I-49 and US-71 north 3 miles, at the Compton Junction exit take Route M east 0.20 mile, then outer road Infantry Pass north, and Indian Line Road west over highway to the parking lot.

This area contains prairie, cropland, forest, pasture, and some wetlands. There are two fishable ponds (three acres total).

This 511-acre area contains good examples of wet-mesic bottomland woodland and wet prairie, both declining habitats.

The complex of seasonal wetland habitat provides birding opportunities for species of marsh and shorebirds, as well as species such as the sedge wren, associated with the prairie community.

This area has been designated by Audubon Missouri as an Important Bird Area (IBA). IBAs are sites that have been identified by Audubon as those that are the most crucial for bird populations, due to their abundance and/or diversity of birds present. To find out more about the IBA program, visit Audubon Missouri. From Douglas Branch Conservation Area web site

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