Editing Miller County, Arkansas (section)

===Protected areas===
Miller County contains two protected areas: the Sandhills Natural Area owned by the [[Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission]] (ANHC), and the Sulphur River [[List of Arkansas Wildlife Management Areas|Wildlife Management Areas]] (WMA), owned by the [[Arkansas Game and Fish Commission]] (AGFC). The Sandhills Natural Area preserves {{convert|274|acre|ha}} of undisturbed sandhill vegetation along rolling hills and sandy soils.<ref>{{ cite map |title= Miller County Sandhills Natural Area |url= http://www.naturalheritage.com/Natural_Areas/Country_Locator/Miller_Co_Sandhills_County_Locator.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227123402/http://www.naturalheritage.com/Natural_Areas/Country_Locator/Miller_Co_Sandhills_County_Locator.pdf |archive-date=December 27, 2017 |url-status=live |publisher= Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission |location= Little Rock |date= May 4, 2012 |access-date= December 26, 2017 }}</ref> It is a home to at least 40 rare species of plants, the most of any ANHC Natural Area.<ref>{{cite web |title= Arkansas Native Plant Society Makes Big Finds |date= October 28, 2014 |url= http://www.naturalheritage.com/blog/arkansas-native-plant-society-makes-big-finds |publisher= Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission |location= Little Rock |access-date= December 26, 2017 }}</ref> The Sulphur River WMA preserves {{convert|16520|acre}} of [[bottomland hardwood forest]], [[Taxodium|cypress]] breaks, [[oxbow lake]]s, and bayous along the Red River Valley. Established in the 1950s, the area is open to [[birding]], camping, hunting, fishing, and hiking. Within the WMA, {{convert|500|acre}} is maintained as the Henry Moore Waterfowl Rest Area.<ref>{{ cite map |title= Sulphur River WMA |url= https://www.agfc.com/en/zone-map/770/ |publisher= Arkansas Game and Fish Commission |location= Little Rock |year=2017 |access-date= December 27, 2017 }}</ref>