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Need To Plant Food Plots?
Anyone who has ever spent an afternoon overlooking a food
plot will certainly have a deep appreciation for wildlife plantings.
Even the wildlife photographer, who maneuvers silently through
a stand of pines into an opening that was planted in winter
wheat, benefits from wildlife plantings.
Food plots are very attractive to wildlife because they can
supplement their daily nutritional needs. Such plots can be
established and maintained at a relatively low cost. These plots
can be designed to serve as a source of food and sometimes cover.
Well-managed food plots have the potential to increase numbers
of wildlife, quality of health and observability.
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THE SKY LAKE BOARDWALK
with Clarke Reed
When
our ancestors first arrived in the Lower Mississippi River Valley
they were awestruck by the giant cypress that had thrived here
for centuries. As they cleared the fertile land, no one in the
entire Valley thought to preserve a stand, or even one, of these
spectacular trees. They are all gone…or so we thought!
Providence and a remote swamp spared the site that contains
“some of the largest and oldest baldcypress trees that
remain on earth,” according to Dr. David Stahle, Director
of the Tree Ring Laboratory at the University of Arkansas.
Sky Lake Wildlife Management Area is located approximately 8
miles north of Belzoni. With our encouragement, the Mississippi
Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks acquired the 773-acre
site that will soon be enlarged to approximately 4,000 acres.
It is imperative that we protect these trees of national and
international significance, and provide access for scientists,
writers, photographers, wildlife enthusiasts and a host of the
rest of us. Consultants tell us to expect thousands of visitors
annually.
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Conservation Corner
(For the week of September 29, 2008)
Landscaping to Conserve Energy
by James L. Cummins
Today's energy prices have everyone scrambling for ways to cut
costs. One often overlooked way of reducing energy costs is
through landscaping. It not only helps with your energy bills,
it also enhances the overall beauty and value of your property.
Because plants transpire (release water vapor from leaves)
during the day, they serve as an evaporative coolant. Therefore,
trees, shrubs, ground covers and grasses affect solar radiation
more than structural devices such as awnings. Shade trees significantly
reduce air temperatures indoors and outdoors in the summer as
trees intercept and absorb the sun’s heat while transpiring
cooler temperatures into the air.
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If
there is a parcel of land in the Mississippi worth preserving, it
is the 773 acre Sky Lake. Learn more about the Mississippi Fish and
Wildlife Foundation's efforts to preserve this stand of ancient cypress.
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