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bayous in Cameron and Vermilion Par- 

 ishes. Alligator, deer, otter, mink, 

 muskrat, and water fowl abotind. Va- 

 rious conditions of marsh succession 

 may be studied. 



Abbeville 40 mi. by boat on Bayou 

 Vermilion and Inter-Coastal Canal. — 

 B. A. Mcllhenny and Stanley C. Arthur. 



4. *Marsh Island. (B2.) A tract 

 comprising 79,300 acres of marshes, 

 ponds, baj'ous and sandy shore in 

 Iberia Parish. Successional stages of 

 vegetation may be studied. Alligators, 

 deer, mink, muskrat and water fowl 

 abound. Gift to state by Mrs. Russel 

 Sage. 



Abbeville, 30 mi. by boat on Bayou 

 Vermilion and Vermilion Bay. — G. W. G. 



5. * Shell Keys. (B2.) Marsh and 

 shore conditions. Small islands located 

 off Marsh Island as refuge for water 

 fowl. St. Mary Parish. 



Abbeville 60 mi. by boat. 



6. *Jefferson Island. (B2.) A tract 

 of about 1000 acres in Iberia Parish, 

 composed of deciduous forest, low level 

 plains, swamps and lakes. Swamp suc- 

 cession shown. Mink, muskrat and 

 water fowl. 



Abbeville 12 mi. by road. — Stanley 

 C. Arthur. 



7. *East Timhalier Island. (B2.) A 

 national bird reserve consisting of a 

 few hundred acres of low sandy shore 

 and plain. Located in Terrebonne 

 Parish. 



Houma 50 mi. by boat. — G. W. G. 



8. *Queen Bess Island. (B2.) Bara- 

 tavia Bay Jefferson Parish. A small 

 island comprising deciduous forest, 

 prairie, swamp and marsh. A refuge 

 for water fowl. 



Reached by boats from Grand Island 

 12 mi.— Stanley C. Arthur. 



9. *Chandeleur and Breton Islands. 

 This group consists of a low sandy 

 shore and shell keys each of but a few 

 acres extent, the area depending upon 

 the seasonal conditions. They are fre- 

 quented by water fowl, mink, muskrat, 

 etc. Mangrove swamps occur. 



Biloxi, Mississippi 100 mi. by boat.— 

 Robert Glenk. 



to. *Euninium Forest Preserve. (B2.) 

 An area consisting of hoiiic 32,000 iicres 

 of (lcci(luou.s forest, eastern coniferous 

 forest, overflow bottom limds, ponds, 

 and lakes. Of tliis G240 acres are 11 game 

 reserve and tli(> remainder should also be 

 .so i)rc.servc<i. Bear, ilecr and raccoon 

 occur together witli many forest birds 

 and invertebrates. Winn, LaSalle, and 

 Caldwell Parishes. 



Uranea located on reserve. — Robert 

 Glenk. 



11. Lands Devoted to Reforestation. 

 (D3.) At Urania, La. Near Urania, 

 La., Mr. Henry E. Ilardtner (President 

 of the Urania Lumber Co.), has set 

 aside about thirty thousand acres of 

 cutover land, which he has dedicated 

 to reforestation. The original forests 

 were, for the most part, longleaf pine, 

 and some of the land is reforesting in 

 this same species. To encourage this 

 growth, Mr. Ilardtner has fenced off 

 several thousand acres, and is protecting 

 these plots from fire, hogs, etc. These 

 also constitute wild life refuges, as birds, 

 etc., are given absolute protection. 

 The demonstrations of natural reforesta- 

 tion are most interesting. 



12. The Kisatchie Wold, or Kisatchie 

 Hills. (B2.) In Natchitoches Parish, 

 La. In central Louisiana, in the south- 

 ern part of Natchitoches Parish, and 

 extending into Vernon, is a region 

 (referred to in the geology of Louisiana 

 as the Kisatchie Wold), which should be 

 of great value to the Ecological Society. 

 It covers a territory aiiproximately 20 

 mi. square, and nearly all of it is in either 

 a natural or semi-natural slate. 



The longleaf pine timber has been 

 removed from about half of this area, 

 which is otherwise in a natural state, 

 save where devastated by tire. The 

 other half is in a primeval state, except 

 where there are small farms, and there 

 are very few of these. 



The Kisatchie Wold is a range of sand 

 hills, with an occasional bold outcrop- 

 ping' of Grand Gulf sandstone. .\ part 

 of the country is rolling, but m places the 

 topography may be termed sharp. Iho 

 elevation is not given in Louisiana 

 Geological llei)orts, but is probably 

 about 300 ft. at the highest point. 1 he 

 streams arc swift, clear, and pure; with 

 beds of sandstone' and very white sand, 

 it is also a regiuii of excellent springs. 



