Bootheel
Ben Cash and Cash Swamp keep lowland forest on the map
Ben Cash Memorial Conservation Area ties Dunklin County public land to the St. Francis River floodplain and remnant tupelo-cypress forest.
Ben Cash Memorial Conservation Area puts another piece of Dunklin County’s lowland identity in public hands. MDC says the area is in Dunklin County, west of Highway 412 on Route A, with the Route A and Highway 412 junction south of Kennett.
The landscape is specific. MDC says the area sits in the St. Francis River floodplain and includes lowland forest, swamp, and open fields. The agency also identifies Cash Swamp Natural Area on the south end, with remnant tupelo-cypress bottomland forest.
For a reader, this is useful context for the western side of the county. The St. Francis River is not only a boundary or hazard topic; it also supports public land, wet woods, hunting, fishing, and a surviving Bootheel forest story.
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