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MS 4. Steens Swamp. Acreage: 1900 estimated. 



Location: Lowndes County; Caledonia Quadrangle; 8 miles E of Columbus; 

 reached via Rt. 50. 



Description: A shallow, flooded, mature tupelo gum-bald cypress stand. A com- 

 plex of beaver ponds are found within the swamp. This is one of the few rela- 

 tively undisturbed areas of extensive size in Mississippi. 



Encroachments: Logging; channelization of the main watershed of the Lux- 

 apalila River is planned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to start in 1972. 



Ownership: Private. 



Data source: Dale H. Arner, Department of Wildlife Management, Drawer LW, 

 Mississippi State University, State College, Miss. 39762. 



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