Reforestation

NRG created and operates the Oxbow Reforestation Project in Shreveport, Louisiana.

The project features one of the largest single reforestation efforts on private land in the southeastern United States and is supported by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

After five years, 5,000 pounds of seed, 419,850 seedlings, 16 species of native trees, four water control structures, two low dykes and 40 wood duck nests, this hardwood forest along Bayou Pierre has been returned to its natural state.

The site includes 60 acres of shallow water wetlands and nearly 2,000 acres of bottomland hardwood forest. Migratory waterfowl, shorebirds, raptors, deer, raccoons, and many small game species now live and thrive within the Oxbow site.