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  DNR
Cache River State Natural Area is situated in southernmost Illinois within a floodplain carved long ago by glacial floodwater of the Ohio River.
South of the Cypress-Dongola fltop, the Lower Cache River Swamps spread across a broad, flat floodplain between the towns of Karnak and Ullin.
A rock ford on the Cache River, difficult to cross during high water, must be negotiated 1.5 miles west of the Wildcat Bluff access.
dnr.state.il.us /lands/landmgt/parks/r5/cachervr.htm   (2382 words)

  
  Cache River National Wildlife Refuge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Cache River National Wildlife Refuge is a 55,000 acre (223 km²) wildlife refuge in the state of Arkansas managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
The Cache River National Wildlife Refuge runs along the flood-plain of the Cache River for 70 miles (100 km) from the Cache River's mouth at Clarendon, Arkansas to the town of Grubbs, Arkansas.
The refuge encompasses land in the Arkansas counties of Jackson, Woodruff, Prairie, and Monroe.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cache_River_National_Wildlife_Refuge   (355 words)

  
 Cache River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Cache is formed by a confluence of agricultural ditches in Butler County, Missouri and soon enters Arkansas, flowing generally south-southwestwardly.
The river is a slow muddy river with meandering channels, sloughs, swampy areas, and oxbow lakes.
The Cache River National Wildlife Refuge along the lower river is the largest remaining tract of contiguous bottomland hardwood forest found in North America.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cache_River   (304 words)

  
 Station Information - Cache River
The Cache River is a 213 mile long river in Missouri and Arkansas.
The Cache River begins in Butler County, Missouri and flows southwest into northeastern Arkansas.
During the American Civil War, the Battle of Cotton Plant was fought along the Cache River at Cotton Plant, Arkansas.
www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/cache_river.html   (217 words)

  
 Cache la Poudre Wild and Scenic River, Colorado   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
From Poudre Lake downstream to where the river intersects the easterly north-south line of the west 1/2 SW 1/4 of section 1, T8N, R71W of the sixth principal meridian.
The river's name means "Hiding Place of Powder." According to legend, French fur trappers in the 1820's were caught by a tremendous snowstorm.
It carries water from the headwaters of the Colorado River to the headwaters of the Cache la Poudre River.
www.nps.gov /rivers/wsr-cache-la-poudre.html   (1646 words)

  
 Arkansas Public Lands: Cache River NWR
Cache River National Wildlife Refuge is located in the White River Basin of east central Arkansas, within commuting distance of Memphis, Tennessee and Little Rock, Arkansas.
Cache River Refuge is home to the only population of native fl bear in Arkansas, and the largest population in the Mississippi alluvial valley.
Cache River National Wildlife Refuge is a new refuge with an ongoing land acquisition program.
www.biggamehunt.net /sections/Arkansas/public_lands/Cache_River_NWR.html   (237 words)

  
 Backpacker.com - Cache River State Natural Area- Print View   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Today, only the Cache River watershed and a few nearby smaller tracts are left, representing some of the best undisturbed swamp in the southeastern part of the United States.
Cache River State Natural Area 930 Sunflower Lane Belknap, IL 62908 (618) 634-9678 Location: The Cache River State Natural Area is in southern Illinois, 145 miles southeast of St. Louis and 50 miles southeast of Carbondale.
The Upper Cache River is very difficult or impossible to canoe due to the severe bank erosion that causes many fallen trees and log jams.
www.backpacker.com /article/1,2646,1003_P,00.html   (1153 words)

  
 The Nature Conservancy in Illinois - The Cache River Wetlands: Grassy Slough
The cypress and tupelo swamps of the Cache River wetlands
Along the Cache River, in what is now 40,000 acres of protected land, the cypress and tupelo swamps seem to belong more to Louisiana than Illinois.
Because of their rich biological variety, the wetlands of the Cache River have been designated as one of only 15 "Wetlands of International Importance." This designation from the Ramsar Convention of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ranks the Cache River with other important wetlands, such as the Florida Everglades.
www.nature.org /wherewework/northamerica/states/illinois/preserves/art1124.html   (840 words)

  
 Cache River, How it got its name
There is a word "cache" in French which means hiding place but it is a seldom-used word and was almost not used at all in Marquette's day.
In Picard "cache" means hunt ("chasse" in French) and hunting was of primordial and vital importance for these explorers.
Located on the bank of White River, near the Mouth of Cache River, this settlement became the crossing point for the first east-west road in Arkansas Territory.
www.continentallocating.com /Archives/CacheRiver.htm   (266 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The points a cache is worth are calculated by comparing it's raw score to those of two other caches within 100 miles (listed in order to the right).
This is to seperate easier caches from the very difficult caches and calculate their scores differently.
The 90th percentile cache (Gramma's House) is the one who's raw score is greater than 90% of the other caches within 100 miles of "Brew #1".
www.rusticweb.com /geocaching/cgibin/sgps-detail.cgi?CID=34388   (352 words)

  
 Cache River State Natural Area   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Totaling 11,768 acres in Johnson and Pulaski counties, Cache River State Natural Area is composed of three distinct management units—Little Black Slough, Lower Cache River Swamps and Glass Hill.
Lower Cache River Swamp Trail (2.5 miles) with access via the Lower Cache River area: Paralleling Cypress Creek and Cache River on a high earth berm, this trail takes hikers to a cypress and tupelo swamp.
He also is a longtime member of the Citizens Committee to Save the Cache River, established in 1979 to promote conservation practices in the Cache River area.
www.bikelib.org /trails/cacheriver.htm   (2184 words)

  
 Cache River St. Natural Area - IL
We followed the river, which is fairly wide for about a half mile, and then returned to the swamp trail, to ultimately reach the put in again.
He surprised us with the announcement that the Cache River State Natural Area had been awarded a state grant of $4 million to build a visitor and education center and that Governor Jim Edgar would be dedicating the site at 1 p.m.
The Cache River suffers from many of man's "improvements" - its upper flow is subject to severe erosion due to a diversion cutoff of the river to the Ohio; the lower region, in the swamp is threatened by sedimentation.
www.paddling.net /places/showReport.html?29   (675 words)

  
 Programs | NRCS
The Cache River Basin is located at the junction of four physiographic provinces, an environmental rarity which makes the area a melting pot for flora and fauna.
The river basin varies from strikingly beautiful bluffs in the north to primordial swamps in the south.
Efforts in the Cache are also restoring the original hydrology of the area on a large scale, and plans are in the works to restore small creeks in the watershed to their original channels.
www.nrcs.usda.gov /programs/wrp/Success_Stories/success_il.html   (831 words)

  
 Cache River NWR | Southeast Region
Refuge is located in the 10-year flood plain of the Cache River from its confluence with the White River near Clarendon, AR to Grubbs, AR, an air-mile distance of approximately 70 miles.
Habitat includes 33,000 acres of bottomland forest and associated sloughs and oxbow lakes, 4,300 acres of croplands and 7,500 acres of reforested areas.
Resident and non-resident visitors generate substantial expenditures in surrounding communities due to nationally renown waterfowl hunting at Cache River.
www.fws.gov /cacheriver   (221 words)

  
 Nobscot Woods Cache:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The two Sudbury / Concord river caches are slightly different from the normal geocaches in that they can be accessed ONLY  by canoe, kayak, or other small boat.
The caches are placed about four miles apart on the Sudbury River and the two can be done together in a morning or afternoon by someone with moderate paddling skills, or they can be located individually – your preference.
Cache #1 is very close upstream from this put-in, so you may want to continue upstream towards Cache #2.
home.comcast.net /~jennings.dh/geocaching/rivers12.htm   (593 words)

  
 (GCMMTW) River View Cache by Pharm Girl & Son
A hike along a well used path brings you to this cache with a scenic view of the Des Moines river on the south and the Hindu Temple to the North.
It was a narrow-gauge track for a decade and a half, bridging the river almost straight south of Madrid and about one-quarter mile west of the present Highway 17 bridge.
Cache find counts are based on the last time the page generated.
www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCMMTW   (570 words)

  
 SIUC-PLB545 - Cache River as a Corridor
The Cache River lowlands were originally a vast expanse of cypress swamp and bottomland hardwood forest.
Inbreeding may not be detectable in even the smallest populations of Cache remnants, but the Cache has been fragmented for a relatively short period of time and inbreeding depression may surface if such isolation continues.
Despite this, corridors have the potential of benefiting the wildlife of the Cache River Watershed through reducing the probability of inbreeding depression and localized extinction.
www.science.siu.edu /plant-biology/plb545/spring-96/ancor.htm   (1405 words)

  
 Illinois - The Cache River Wetlands: Grassy Slough
Along the Cache River, in what is now 40,000 acres of protected land, the cypress and tupelo swamps seem to belong more to Louisiana than Illinois.
Because of their rich biological variety, the wetlands of the Cache River have been designated as one of only 15 "Wetlands of International Importance." This designation from the Ramsar Convention of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ranks the Cache River with other important wetlands, such as the Florida Everglades.
The Cache River Joint Venture Program, a unique public-private partnership between the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ducks Unlimited and the Conservancy has established a goal of protecting and restoring a 60,000-acre wetland corridor along 50 miles of the Cache River.
nature.org /wherewework/northamerica/states/illinois/preserves/art1124.html   (877 words)

  
 Bird Checklists of the United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Cache River Wetlands Project is a cooperative effort between governmental agencies, organizations and individuals to preserve and restore wetlands of southern Illinois.
In its pristine state, the Cache River was 110 miles long and its watershed covered 478,000 acres and represented one of the finest wetlands systems in the Midwest.
The river, including its associated forested swamps, shrubbery scatters, and open ponds, was and is famous for its abundant wildlife and fishery values.
www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/othrdata/chekbird/r3/cachervr.htm   (850 words)

  
 Southern Illinois Birding Fest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Cache River Wetlands are home to some of the oldest living trees east of the Mississippi River, include 3 National Natural Landmarks, and has been designated a "Wetland of International Importance" putting it in the same ecological league as Okefenokee Swamp and the Everglades.
The Cache River State Natural Area is situated on the Upper and Lower Cache River within a floodplain carved long ago by glacial floodwater of the Ohio River.
The Cache River SNA provide food, water, and cover for an incredible number of plants and animals, more than 100 of which are listed as state threatened and endangered species.
www.siu.edu /~asa/simon/BBSI   (1271 words)

  
 Programs | NRCS
The lush cypress-tupelo swamps of the Cache River Watershed are as haunting as the swamps of the Deep South and as biologically diverse and environmentally significant as the Florida Everglades.
The Cache River Watershed encompasses an area of 472,800 acres (739 square miles) in portions of Alexander, Johnson, Massac, Pulaski and Union counties in Southern Illinois.
The Cache River Basin is located at the junction of four physiographic provinces, making it a melting pot for brilliant and abundant flora and fauna.
www.nrcs.usda.gov /programs/wrp/states/success_il.html   (990 words)

  
 Ducks Unlimited: White River
For example, channelization of the Missouri River for navigation and flood control has resulted in loss of approximately 127 miles of river meanders, narrowing of the river channel by 33%, loss of most sandbar habitat in the river, increased depth, and loss of over 90% of its adjacent riparian wetland habitat.
The MAV and the White River wetlands are focus areas of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan, which underscores their importance to continental waterfowl populations.
DU believes the White River Navigation Project cannot be completed without damaging this unique system, and that this project is not in the best interest of waterfowl and other wildlife, fish and mussel populations, or people that value these resources.
www.ducks.org /news/white_river.asp   (1699 words)

  
 GORP - Cache River National Wildlife Refuge - Arkansas
Cache River National Wildlife Refuge is located in Jackson, Woodruff, Prairie, and Monroe Counties, Arkansas.
The Refuge was established in 1986 with the purchase of 1,395 acres.
The Cache/Lower White River Ecosystem is characterized by meandering channels, shallow sloughs, oxbow lakes, cypress brakes, and scrub/shrub wetlands.
gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_nwr/ar_cache.htm   (415 words)

  
 (GCH126) Savannah River Bluffs Cache by GeoDoozer
As you follow your GPS down along the river bank, just as you make a left on the flat area, note the trail signs leading up the hill side to your left - that is the trail you take for your return loop back.
After you locate the cache take some time to hike downstream about 80 paces to see the sheer rock cliffs that give this place it's name.
This cache was originally located near the bluffs but had to be relocated due to excessive traffic.
www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=5df28100-206e-4b38-a823-d016d0e0aaa7   (1322 words)

  
 ISWS - Center for Watershed Science - Wetlands
Drainage activities divided the Cache River in half in the early 1900s, effectively separating the river into the Upper and Lower Cache Rivers.
The Lower Cache River is currently an area of preservation and restoration focus for several state and federal agencies.
Thus, a monitoring plan to quantify and monitor the sedimentation rate within the Lower Cache River swamp would be a useful tool in the evaluation of restoration and preservation work being done by the participating agencies.
www.sws.uiuc.edu /wss/wetlands.asp   (356 words)

  
 CACHE RIVER RRA, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, USA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Cache River RRA is located at the southern tip of Illinois.
Unique features include bald cypress-tupelo gum swamps and several species associated with the southern U.S. The Cache River RRA shares a common border with the Illinois Ozarks RRA; the large, contiguous forests that occur along the boundary are split into the two RRAs.
In terms of percentage of the site, the Cache River RRA ranks fourth for grassland, fifth for upland woods, and sixth for bottomland woods.
www.inhs.uiuc.edu /cwe/rra/site29.html   (614 words)

  
 Cache Canyon Whitewater River Trips, the best rafting in Northern CA. just a short drive from Sacramento and the Bay ...
Cache Canyon-unlike any other, bigger fun than the rest.
Rafting down this Class 3 river is filled with adventure and thrills.
Cache Creek offers the only self-guided whitewater in the state.
cachecanyon.com   (220 words)

  
 National Wildlife: Where River Flows Through Forest - In Arkansas, some of the nation's most important bottomland ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
After a tour of Arkansas' White River and Cache River National Wildlife Refuges last summer, Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt clearly was captivated by what he saw.
The White River National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1935, primarily because of its value to migratory waterfowl.
The smaller Cache River National Wildlife Refuge was created on nearby lands in 1986 to protect additional bottomland hardwoods.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1169/is_2000_June-July/ai_62805522   (1527 words)

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