Two of the three ponds located along the base of a Mississippi River bluff were dedicated in June 2001. An additional 311 acres were dedicated in June 2007. Three Ponds State Nature Preserve protects 528 acres of loess bluff, bottomland hardwood forest and coastal plain slough communities on the Mississippi River floodplain. Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) and buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) surround a series of three small ponds, which have a surface area of about 20 acres, and which drain into Obion Creek. The third pond remains in private ownership. Sugarberry (Celtis laevigata), green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) and sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) dominate the bottomland hardwood forest, while sugar maple (Acer saccharum) dominates the bluff.
Access is by written permission only.
KSNPC on KETWhen: Saturday and Sunday, April 19-20, 2008.
Start time: On April 19 at 8 p.m. EDT and April 20 at 4:30 p.m. EDT
KET's Kentucky Life segment on Three Ponds SNP featuring Lane Linnenkohl, western regional preserve manager, and Byron Brooks, KSNPC environmental technologist, will air on KET1. Watch as Dave Shuffet explores the only Kentucky nature preserve to border the Mississippi River. More information on the show available
here.
