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Overflow National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
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Location	Ashley County, Arkansas, United States
Nearest city	Wilmot, Arkansas
Coordinates	33°04′00″N 91°40′30″W / 33.0667916°N 91.6751235°W / 33.0667916; -91.6751235
Area	13,973 acres (56.55 km)
Established	1980
Governing body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Website	Overflow National Wildlife Refuge

Overflow National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is a 13,973 acre (56.55 km) national wildlife refuge in Ashley County, Arkansas. Overflow NWR is one of three refuges forming an administrative complex, which also includes Felsenthal NWR and Pond Creek NWR to the west.

Habitat and wildlife

Overflow National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) was established in 1980 to protect one of the last remaining bottomland hardwood forests in the Mississippi Alluvial Plains. These forests are considered vital for wintering migratory waterfowl populations in the Mississippi Flyway. The refuge is composed of nearly 14,000 acres of bottomland hardwood forests, shrub wetlands, moist-soil units, and upland pine-hardwood forests. It also contains a 230-acre (0.9 km) old growth Sugar Maple and American Beech forest.

Overflow NWR has been recognized as a state-wide Important Bird Area by the National Audubon Society. Carefully timed flooding of the bottomlands and moist-soil units stimulates the growth of native wetland plants, insects, crustaceans, and mollusks. These high energy foods are crucial for the survival of migratory waterfowl and shorebirds.

References

1. "Overflow National Wildlife Refuge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. "About Us: Other Facilities in this Complex". Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
3. "About Us". Overflow National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
4. Felsenthal and Overflow National Wildlife Refuges Comprehensive Conservation Plan (PDF). Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region. October 2010. p. 16. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
5. Davis, Mary (2005). Old Growth in the East: Arkansas (PDF). www.primalnature.org. pp. 7–8. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2009. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
6. "Overflow National Wildlife Refuge". Audubon. National Audubon Society. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
7. Felsenthal and Overflow National Wildlife Refuges Comprehensive Conservation Plan (PDF). Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region. October 2010. p. 44. Retrieved June 3, 2022.

External links

• Overflow National Wildlife Refuge's Official Website

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