Exploring the Big Woods: A Guide to the Last Great Forest of Eastern Arkansas is both a natural history and a Guide to one of the Last remnants of Mississippi bottomland forest, an ecosystem that once stretched from southern Illinois to the Gulf Coast.
Exploring the Big Woods will introduce readers to the natural features, plants, animals, and hiking and canoeing trails going deep into the forests and swamps of this rare and beautiful natural resource..
Immense cypresses, hickories, sweetgums, oaks, and sycamores; millions of migrating waterfowl; incredible scenery; and the complex relationship between humans and nature are all to be discovered here.
As a result, it is home to an unusual abundance of animals and plants.
Crossed by the White River and its tributaries, which periodically flood and release nutrients, the Big Woods is one of the few places in the Mississippi River Valley where this life-giving flood cycle persists.
Exploring the Big Woods: A Guide to the Last Great Forest of Eastern Arkansas is both a natural history and a Guide to one of the Last remnants of Mississippi bottomland forest, an ecosystem that once stretched from southern Illinois to the Gulf Coast
