Location
Posey County

Ecoregion
Interior Low Plateau

Size
60 Acres

Dedicated
State Nature Preserve, 1995

Owned & Managed By
The Nature Conservancy

Partners 
Indiana Heritage Trust & Department of Nature Preserves

How to Prepare for Your Visit
No trails exist at this time but the easy to moderate terrain is still good for hiking. The slough does tend to flood during the spring as the Ohio River rises so dress accordingly. Midsummer to autumn are considered the best times to visit.

Directions
From Evansville, travel west on S.R. 62 to Howell. Continue of S.R. 62 for roughly 11.3 miles and turn left (south) on C.R. 500 E. Travel approximately 3 miles to the preserve, which is 0.3 mile past the sharp left turn, and park along the road.

What to See: Plants and Animals 
The bald cypress tree, with its broad, buttressed trunk and spirally arranged linear leaves, and cypress knees line the slough. Other species of trees share the preserve like the green ash, old sycamores and maples.The bald cypress/green ash/silver maple community is restricted to only four viable sites in the state following years of logging, draining and other development. Although some visitors believe they have seen the eyes of an alligator peering out from the slough, there are no such dangers. There is a variety of wildlife though wth turtles, frogs, and birds. If you're lucky, you may spot the rare copperbelly water snake.

What The Nature Conservancy is Doing/has Done
Acquiring the pondweed-carpeted cypress slough preserved a unique habitat to Indiana as the bald cypress is near its northern range limit in south-western Indiana. In protecting the slough, Hoosiers are able to witness the rare-to-Indiana "cypress gold" in autumn.