MO-BK+Leach+Conservation+Area


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Lincoln County
=BK Leach Conservation Area= Elsberry, Missouri 63343 BK Leach Conservation Area Web Site BK Leach Conservation Area Map BK Leach Conservation Area Brochure

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BK Leach CA
Coordinates: 39.1392667, -90.7373444 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

BK Leach CA- Bittern Basin Unit
Coordinates: 39.206009, -90.7628775 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

BK Leach CA- Kings Lake Unit
Coordinates: 39.1371374, -90.7372551 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

BK Leach CA- Original Unit
Coordinates: 39.1078384, -90.697681 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About BK Leach Conservation Area
Area consists of three tracts. The main tract is three miles south of Elsberry on MO-79, then three miles east on Route M. This area borders the Mississippi River and contains wetlands, forest, and cropland. Facilities/features: waterfowl blinds, several fishable sloughs, and ponds.

B.K. Leach Memorial Conservation Area is in northeastern Lincoln County. The original tracts of this 4,307-acre area were acquired in 1985 using Design for Conservation Sales Tax revenue and a private land donation from Ms. Mary Leach in memory of her late father.

Following the flood of 1993, 500 acres of land impacted by the river levee failure were acquired from willing sellers. In 2001, 2,900 acres of Wetland Reserve Program lands were acquired through a North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) grant involving the Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Ducks Unlimited, American Land Conservancy, Mary E. Leach Trust, Waterfowl USA, and Forrest Keeling Nursery.

The area contains a wide variety of wetland habitats, ranging from early successional marshes to deep backwater sloughs. The wetlands are managed to provide food for migrating waterfowl, while also providing habitat for resident marsh birds, and other wetland dependent wildlife. From BK Leach Conservation Area Web Site

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