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Butler County
=University Forest Conservation Area= Williamsville, Missouri 63967 University Forest Conservation Area Website University Forest Conservation Area Map University Forest Conservation Area Brochure

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University Forest CA
Coordinates: 36.8959589, -90.3964949 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About University Forest Conservation Area
The main tract is 15 miles north of Poplar Bluff on US-67, then 4.5 miles east on MO-172, and three miles south on Route W. This area is predominantly forest. Facilities/features: intermittent stream (Bluewater Creek) and numerous fishless ponds.

University Forest Conservation Area is in Wayne and Butler counties. The area is located near the south side of Lake Wappapello and is approximately 10 miles north of Poplar Bluff. Visitors can acess the area from Routes W, KK, and T in Butler County and MO-172 and Route W in Wayne County.

This 7,149-acre area was originally endowed to the University of Missouri by the federal government as part of the Agriculture College Act of 1862. The School of Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife took responsibility for the area in the early 1900s and in 1946 began managing the area for research and as a forestry summer camp. The Conservation Department acquired the area in 1988 for the purposes of continuing forest research, creating forest products, woodland related recreation opportunities for the public, and to demonstrate the effects of forest management.

The area primarily consists of oak-hickory forest with a scattering of shortleaf pine forest. Tree species include black oak, scarlet oak, hickory, maple, and dogwood. The forest provides habitat for deer, turkey, pileated woodpeckers, squirrels, and other typical Ozark wildlife. From University Forest Conservation Area Website

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