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Kisatchie National Forest contains two significant roadless areas: Cunningham Brake and Saline Bayou.

Cunningham Brake is a large cypress-tupelo gum swamp that also protects flows in Kisatachie Bayou.

Saline Bayou has mixed forests associated with alluvial habitats, ranging from shortleaf pine to tupelo gum.

Roads are known to cause significant damage to forests, prairies, streams and wetlands.

Roads are particularly harmful to native populations of amphibians and reptiles that migrate to vernal pools.

A third large roadless area, the Kisatchie Hills, is protected under a different designation, as a National Wilderness Area.

More information of these important areas can be found in one of the most important planning documents for Kisatchie, the Final Environmental Impact Statement prepared by the Forest Service in 1999.