With the exceptions of a few small tracts, the majority of the area lies within the main levees of the St. Francis River. Bottomland hardwoods make up the primary species of timber types associated with the area and include; White oak, red oak, hickory, locust, cottonwood, Bald cypress, tupelo, elm, sycamore and pecan. This area can be reached off several state highways from south of Paragould to Marked Tree. A major portion of the area is located east of Trumann in northeastern Poinsett County. Major access points are the Siphons Access off state highway 63 near Marked Tree; Oak Donnick Access, south of Trumann off state highway 63 near Tulot; and Stephens Landing off state highway 69 east of Trumann. The East Side of the area may be reached by either of two county roads off state highway 135 between Caraway and Rivervale. However, the best access to the interior of the area is by boat at ramps provided at Siphons Access, Oak Donnick Access and Stephens Landing, Mangrum Landing, Iron bridge Access and Lake City hwy 18 bridge access. Interior roads are limited to logging trails and are closed to all vehicular traffic, except for designated ATC trails for handicapped users. Signs designate these. Internal access requires boating from one of the launching areas or walking in from a vehicular access point. Area maps designating access locations are available at commission regional offices. Waterfowl hunting accounts for the majority of recreational days on the Sunken lands Area, however, small game including squirrel, quail and rabbit are abundant. Deer and turkeys are present in fair numbers and provide good hunting opportunity at times. Like some of the other Delta Region Management areas, uncontrollable flooding of the entire area hampers management efforts for terrestrial wildlife and limits population levels to relatively low numbers. Habitat quality is otherwise favorable and trophy class deer are taken every year, although over all hunter success is low as compared to other regions of the state where forested habitat is more plentiful. Both cottontail and swamp rabbits are present in good numbers and offer excellent hunting opportunity around field edges and along levees and borrow pit right of ways. Fur bearers and non-game mammals as well as neo tropical migrant birds migratory birds species inhabit the hardwood timber forests of the St. Francis River Floodway. The area is vitally important to many migratory bird species, as it represents one of the larger contiguous tracts of bottomland hardwood habitat in Eastern Arkansas. Roads and trails designated for handicapped use with ATCs are marked with signs. Further information and area maps are available from regional offices.