MO-Black+Island+Conservation+Area+Wolf+Bayou+Unit


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=Black Island Conservation Area--Wolf Bayou Unit= Hayti, Missouri 63851 Wolf Bayou Unit web site Wolf Bayou Unit map Wolf Bayou Unit brochure

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Black Island CA--Wolf Bayou Unit
Coordinates: 36.3125316, -89.6428156 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Black Island Conservation Area--Wolf Bayou Unit
Take the Wardell exit off I-55 and follow the eastbound outer road south to Route BB, then take Route BB over the levee until it ends.

This area contains bottomland forest. Facilities/features: boat ramp, Wolf Bayou (43 fishable acres), and Wolf Bayou Natural Area.

Wolf Bayou contains 263 acres, of which 220 are forest. The area was purchased with Conservation Department funds between 1971-73. Eight acres are leased from the St. Francis Levee District under a 30-year arrangement.

Wolf Bayou is one of the state's last natural lowland lakes. The area provides opportunities for outdoor recreation and is managed to maintain unique forest cover and aquatic resources. Forest cover in the Bootheel region is less than two percent of the land area. The forest is a remnant of the once extensive bottomland hardwood forest that covered more than two million acres of the Missouri Bootheel.

The area has four bayous totaling 43 acres of surface water. While there is little doubt the bayous are river formed, their exact origin is unclear. The deep, steep-sided, linear bayous have both washout and oxbow characteristics.

Wolf Bayou itself is a designated natural area. From Wolf Bayou Unit web site

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