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Lower Arkansas Watershed

Lower Arkansas Watershed

The Lower Arkansas Watershed is located in Arkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke and Pulaski counties in Southeastern Arkansas.  The watershed includes approximately 462,200 acres under the following major land/cover uses from the 1997 National Resource Inventory:

 

Land Use Acres Land Use Acres
Cropland (Dryland & Irrigated) 249,100 Other (Farmsteads, Highways, etc.) 7,100
Federal Land 900 Pasture Land 21,500
Forestland 113,500 Water (lakes/ponds/channels) 32,800

 

          

 

 

 

Lower Arkansas Watershed Cost List

Lower Arkansas Watershed Stewardship Payment List

 

Contacts

Arkansas County
Phone: (870) 946-3331, ext. 3		 Lincoln County
Phone: (870) 628-4542, ext. 3
Desha County
Phone: (870) 222-4867, ext. 3		 Lonoke County
Phone: (501) 676-5116, ext. 3
Jefferson County
Phone: (870) 534-3200, ext. 3		 Pulaski County
Phone: (501) 758-2544, ext. 3

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