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Delta National Forest

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Delta National Forest
Address: 20380 Hwy 61
Rolling Fork, MS 39159
Phone: 662-873-6256;
Fax: 662-873-2770;
Web: www.fs.fed.us/r8/mississippi/delta
Size: 60,000 acres.
Location: West-central Mississippi. Accessible by US 61. Nearby cities/towns include Rolling Rock and Vicksburg.
Facilities: Dispersed camping, picnic sites, boat launches, trails, ATV trails (50+ miles).
Activities: Camping, hunting, fishing, boating, bird watching, hiking, mountain biking, swimming.
Special Features: A large, contiguous block of bottomland hardwood forest, seasonally flooded timber, and small sloughs draining into the Big and Little Sunflower rivers in the Yazoo Basin of the Mississippi River. It is the only bottomland hardwood ecosystem in the national forest system.

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During the period September to October 1999, water samples were collected at different locations in three replicates from the Big Sunflower River in the area near the Delta National Forest in Sharkey County.
The 60,000-acre Delta National Forest, located in Sharkey County with its ranger station at Rolling Fork, has the distinction of being the only bottomland hardwood forest in the U.
This site today is located inside the Delta National Forest, America's only bottomland hardwood National Forest.
 
 
 
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