Editing Ashley County, Arkansas (section)

===Protected areas===
Ashley County contains [[Overflow National Wildlife Refuge]], part of the [[Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge]], and four [[List of Arkansas Wildlife Management Areas|Wildlife Management Areas]] (WMAs) under [[Arkansas Game and Fish Commission]] jurisdiction.

Beryl Anthony Lower Ouachita WMA preserves seasonally flooded [[bottomland hardwood forest]] habitat along the Ouachita River between the Felsenthal NWR and the Louisiana state line for preservation, recreation, and hunting opportunities. Duck hunting, especially when the Ouachita River floods, is the primary hunting opportunity due to the site's position along the [[Mississippi Flyway]], with deer and squirrel hunting also available during the year.<ref>{{cite web |title= Wildlife Management Area Details |work= Beryl Anthony Lower Ouachita WMA |url= http://www.agfc.com/hunting/Pages/wmaDetails.aspx?show=025 |publisher= Arkansas Game and Fish Commission |location= Little Rock |year= 2011 |access-date= April 29, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160327051904/http://www.agfc.com/hunting/pages/wmadetails.aspx?show=025 |archive-date= March 27, 2016 |url-status= dead }}</ref> Most of the {{convert|7020|acre|ha}} is on the Union County side of the Ouachita River, leaving the only public access to the Ashley County area via boat.<ref>{{Cite map |author= GIS Division |publisher= Arkansas Game and Fish Commission |title= Beryl Anthony Lower Ouachita WMA |url= http://www.agfc.com/resources/maps/BerylAnthony_d.pdf |location= Little Rock |format= PDF |date= September 2006 |access-date= April 29, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120729202438/http://www.agfc.com/resources/maps/BerylAnthony_d.pdf |archive-date= July 29, 2012 |url-status= dead }}</ref> A small segment in Ashley County contains the Coffee Prairie Natural Area, owned by the [[Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission]].<ref name="ash" />

The Casey Jones Leased Lands WMA is a common name for five fragmented parcels in Ashley and Drew counties established in 1988. The two largest segments in Ashley County are south of Crossett and in the northwest corner of the county, with a small area northwest of the Overflow WMA also included in Casey Jones WMA.<ref>{{Cite map |author= GIS Division |publisher= Arkansas Game and Fish Commission |title= Casey Jones WMA |url= http://www.agfc.com/resources/maps/Casey%20Jones%20WMA.pdf |location= Little Rock |format= PDF |date= September 2014 |access-date= April 29, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150929080832/http://www.agfc.com/resources/maps/Casey%20Jones%20WMA.pdf |archive-date= September 29, 2015 |url-status= dead }}</ref> This lease includes segments of working forest actively managed for forest products, primarily by single tree selection. Habitats range from upland pine to bottomland hardwood depending upon location. Deer and turkey hunting are most common in the WMA.<ref>{{cite web |title= Wildlife Management Area Details |work= Casey Jones WMA |url= http://www.agfc.com/hunting/Pages/wmaDetails.aspx?show=125 |publisher= Arkansas Game and Fish Commission |location= Little Rock |year= 2011 |access-date= April 29, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160325160817/http://www.agfc.com/hunting/Pages/wmaDetails.aspx?show=125 |archive-date= March 25, 2016 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

Little Bayou WMA is located in northeastern Ashley County along the western banks of Bayou Bartholomew at the mouth of Little Bayou. The area contains a boat ramp on Bayou Bartholomew, as well as [[birding]], camping, fishing, and hunting. The former agricultural area was replanted with bottomland and upland hardwoods, short-leaf pines, and native warm season grasses in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web |title= Wildlife Management Area Details |work= Little Bayou WMA |url= http://www.agfc.com/hunting/Pages/wmaDetails.aspx?show=415 |publisher= Arkansas Game and Fish Commission |location= Little Rock |year= 2011 |access-date= April 29, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160325161813/http://www.agfc.com/hunting/Pages/wmaDetails.aspx?show=415 |archive-date= March 25, 2016 |url-status= dead }}</ref>  
[[File:Crossett Experimental Forest Building No. 8.JPG|right|thumb|Residence at the Experimental Forest built by the [[Civilian Conservation Corps|CCC]], now listed on the [[NRHP]]]]
The [[Crossett Experimental Forest]] is a {{convert|1765|acre|ha}} property donated by [[Georgia-Pacific Corporation]] in 1934 to research forest management in second-growth [[loblolly pine]] and shortleaf pine forests. Within the Forest is the Reynolds Natural Area, a stand that has been largely untouched since the area's creation in 1934. The property is managed by the [[Southern Research Station]] of the [[United States Forest Service]].