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Little River Ditches Watershed

Little River Ditches Watershed

The Little River Ditches Watershed is located in Craighead, Mississippi and Poinsett counties in Northeast Arkansas extending into Southeastern Missouri. Producers in the Little River Ditches Watershed who did not sign up in 2004 are also eligible for the 2005 Conservation Security Program. The Arkansas portion of the watershed includes approximately 304,300 acres under the following major land/cover uses from the 1997 National Resources Inventory:

 

Land Use Acres Land Use Acres
Cropland (Dryland & Irrigated) 253,360 Urban/Built-up Land 8,200
Federal Land 9,500 Water (lakes/ponds/channels) 4,400
Forestland 21,000 Woodland 3,912
Other (Farmsteads, Highways, etc.) 7,900    

          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Information


Contacts

Craighead County
Phone: (870) 972-4671, ext. 3
Poinsett County
Phone: (870) 578-2444, ext. 3
Mississippi County
Phone: (870) 563-3207, ext. 3
 

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