Cache-Lower White Rivers


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2009 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
Species Red List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos LC non-breeding 1958-1980 306,000 individuals A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Dagmar State Wildlife Management Area 3
- Rex Hancock/black Swamp Wildlife Management Area 2
- Trusten Holder State Wildlife Management Area 1
- White River Propo Proposed Wilderness <1
- Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ar National Wildlife Refuge <1
1935 White River National Wildlife Refuge 44
1979 Striplin Woods Natural Area <1
1983 Cache River Natural Area 1 Natural Area <1
1986 Cache River National Wildlife Refuge 18
1989 Cache-Lower White Rivers Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 100
1994 Bayou Deview #2 Environmental System <1
1994 Bayou Deview #3 Environmental System <1
1995 WRP_Woodruff, AR (05147) Environmental System 1
1995 Bayou Deview #1 Environmental System <1
1995 Cache River 1 Environmental System <1
1996 WRP_Monroe, AR (05095) Environmental System 3
1996 WRP_Prairie, AR (05117) Environmental System <1
1996 WRP_Jackson, AR (05067) Environmental System <1
1997 WRP_Woodruff, AR (05147) Environmental System 1
1998 Wetlands Reserve Program <1
2000 Bayou Deview #4 Environmental System <1
2002 US-AR-30-6 Environmental System <1
2004 WRP_Monroe, AR (05095) Environmental System 1
2004 US-AR-30-18 Environmental System <1
2011 US-AR-75-28 Environmental System <1
2011 US-AR-75-30 Environmental System <1
2013 US-AR-75-36 Environmental System <1


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cache-Lower White Rivers (USA). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cache-lower-white-rivers-iba-usa on 23/11/2024.