Bootheel
Gayoso Bend keeps bottomland forest on Pemiscot's river edge
Gayoso Bend, a unit of Black Island Conservation Area north of Caruthersville, protects forestland, wooded sloughs, and Mississippi River frontage.
Gayoso Bend gives Pemiscot County a public-land story that is not another risk note. MDC places the conservation area north of Caruthersville and describes 968 acres of forestland, including wooded sloughs and Mississippi River frontage on the east side.
The access details are part of the local texture. MDC says the area is walk-in or boat-in, with access by boat along the Mississippi River or from Boat Club Chute.
For a reader trying to understand Pemiscot beyond taxes, levees, and seismic planning, Gayoso Bend shows the county’s bottomland forest and river-edge habitat in an official, checkable way.
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