This approximately 330-acre servitude is owned by Ed and Thais Tonore. It is in the floodplain of the Mississippi River in Madison Parish, Louisiana.
This property is just northeast of the Sherman S. Shaw and Linda Silmon servitudes. It is near the Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge, with the prominent mammals being the Louisiana black bear and white-tailed deer.
There are approximately 255 acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, 50 acres of mixed bottomland hardwoods, and 25 acres of waterfowl impoundments.
Having this property enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program
- Reduces soil erosion;
- Reduces sedimentation in streams and lakes;
- Improves water quality;
- Establishes wildlife habitat; and
- Enhances forest and wetland resources.
The Program encourages farmers to convert highly erodible cropland or other environmentally sensitive acreage to vegetative cover, such as tame or native grasses, wildlife plantings, trees, filter strips, or riparian buffers.
The mixed bottomland hardwoods border the property and Joe’s Bayou on the property’s eastern boundary.
The property is managed to hunt waterfowl and white-tailed deer. A water control structure that impounds rainwater flows was installed to hold water for migrating waterfowl.
The roads within the servitude area are generally 15 to 45 feet in width. They are mowed, planted, tilled, or a combination of these conditions and surfaced with native grasses, planted annuals, gravel, and/or other permeable material.