Dugas Waterfrontage Easement

                                                                                                       

1. Tract 1 is contiguous to over a hundred acres of land enrolled in the Wetlands Reserve Program.    

2. Tract 2 is contiguous to the Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge which contains over 17,000 acres of publicly owned land dedicated to conservation.                                                                     

3. Tract 3 is contiguous to 192.6 acres of land that is enrolled in the Wetlands Reserve Program. The WRP acreage is in turn contiguous to 704.49 acres of land...that is subject to a conservation easement in favor of Conservation Force.                                                                                            

The three tracts help fill a missing link in the corridor between Lake Ophelia NWR and Spring Bayou WMA. The servitude also helps with recovery of the "threatened" Louisiana black bear. The Black Bear Conservation Committee is partnering and has planted 130 acres of hardwood seedlings.