Thread: white river refuge

Originally Posted by rieve

is jones lake accessible yet

Its been a year or two since I've been to Jones lake, but I don't remember a gate on that road. As of Monday, the north unit road at Hwy 1 is open, but still has water over the road in spots. The south unit road (the higher road) to Long Lake is open and Jacks Bay rd and Levee B rd are also open.

Since the Miss. river is on the rise, the water should be backing up the
White causing the southern end of the refuge to remain flooded or even get deeper. Plus all the water coming down from the lakes in N. Ar. So, its probably going to be a while yet.

OK....I did some checking yesterday. Jones Lake is accessible right now. Water from the bayou/river is still in the lake. You might have a hard time launching, but it is accessible. A good friend of mine lives and farms in deep Ethel, and he said all the refuge roads are still closed (North and South Unit). I haven't been down there to see for myself, so Waterturkey could be right if he has been down there to see them open with his own two eyes.

http://www.fws.gov/whiteriver/

Here is where you can find updates on roads.

Any New Info On Road Openings Near Ethel?

Rieve, the only roads open on the South unit are Jacks bay Rd and B levee road. Everything around Ethel is still closed. I was down there a couple days ago and the gates at Ethel are still closed. The Mississippi river is starting to fall pretty good, so it shouldn't be too much longer before the lower white starts falling. I also put a boat in down at Weber the other day you can still go about anywhere you want to go. We rode up Essex, Brooks, Lagrue and Prairie bayou's and the water was still out in the woods everywhere we went.

Originally Posted by winghunting

Rieve, the only roads open on the South unit are Jacks bay Rd and B levee road. Everything around Ethel is still closed. I was down there a couple days ago and the gates at Ethel are still closed. The Mississippi river is starting to fall pretty good, so it shouldn't be too much longer before the lower white starts falling. I also put a boat in down at Weber the other day you can still go about anywhere you want to go. We rode up Essex, Brooks, Lagrue and Prairie bayou's and the water was still out in the woods everywhere we went.

Heard anything about Scrubgrass?

they updated the list of roads that opened today at the refuge web site

thanks for letting everyone know 501rod. they finally opened the ethel road so i guess i'll have to give it a try.