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IBA Priority | Number | Acres |
---|---|---|
Global | 8 | 2,831,576 |
State | 25 | 352,033 |
Total | 33 | 3,183,609 |
Audubon Arkansas's Important Bird Areas Program was initiated in November 2001 with the establishment of the IBA Technical Committee. Committee members come from federal, state, non-profit, academic, and private organizations, and represent all areas of the state. Likewise, Arkansas's 33 recognized IBAs are located in all regions of the state and represent various types of ownership. Over 3 million acres of bird habitat have been recognized, including bottomland hardwood forest, cypress-tupelo swamp, blackland prairie, pine woodland, and even a fish hatchery. Seventeen state wildlife management areas, 8 national wildlife refuges, 6 natural areas, 3 state parks, 2 national forests, 2 national parks, and numerous private lands are part of the program. Endangered Least Terns use 7 sites for breeding or during migration. Arkansas's IBAs provide habitat for 42 WatchList species and 46 Arkansas Birds of Conservation Interest including: Trumpeter Swan, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, American Woodcock, Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Bachman's Sparrow, Swainson's Warbler, Painted Bunting, and Rusty Blackbird. Audubon Arkansas's IBA program has a solid foundation from which we will build the program through monitoring, conservation, and outreach in collaboration with partner organizations, Audubon chapters, landowners, and volunteers.
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Status | Priority | Counties | IBA Criteria |
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Arkansas Post National Memorial | Recognized | State | Arkansas | D1, D3, D5 |
Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge | Recognized | State | White | D1, D3, D4ii, D4iii, D4v, D5 |
Bayou DeView Raptor Area | Recognized | State | Poinsett | D1, D4ii, D4vi, D5 |
Bell Slough Wildlife Management Area | Recognized | State | Faulkner | D1, D3, D4ii, D5 |
Big Lake | Recognized | State | Mississippi | D1, D3, D4ii |
Bird Island | Recognized | State | Garland | D4vii |
Blackland Prairie | Recognized | State | Hempstead, Howard | D1, D3 |
Buffalo National River | Recognized | State | Marion, Newton, Searcy | D1, D3, D4i, D4vii, D5 |
Cache-Lower White Rivers | Recognized | Global | Arkansas, Desha, Monroe, Phillips, Prairie, Woodruff | D1, D3, D4i, D4ii, D4iii, D4vi |
Camp Nine | Recognized | State | Desha | D1, D3, D4i, D4ii, D4iii, D4v, D4vi, D5 |
Camp Robinson Special Use Area | Recognized | State | Faulkner | D1 |
Charlie Craig State Fish Hatchery | Recognized | State | Benton | D1, D3, D5 |
Cherokee Prairie | Recognized | State | Franklin | D1, D3 |
Choctaw Island Wildlife Management Area | Recognized | State | Desha | D1, D3 |
Flint Creek Power Plant | Recognized | State | Benton | D1, D5 |
Fort Chaffee | Recognized | Global | Crawford, Franklin | D1, D3 |
Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge | Recognized | Global | Pope, Yell | D1, D3, D4ii, D4vi |
Lake Chicot | Recognized | State | Chicot | D1, D3, D4ii |
Lake Dardanelle | Recognized | State | Johnson, Logan, Pope, Yell | D1, D3, D4ii, D4iii, D4iv, D4v, D4vi, D5 |
Little River Bottoms | Recognized | State | Hempstead | D1, D3, D4i, D4ii, D4iii |
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