and Class I and II rapids. At Pine Creek Lake the river issues from the highlands and thereafter flows through a low, swampy floodplain. The upper river may have insufficient water for boating from July to September except after rains. Water quality of the Little River is usually excellent with little residential or commercial development along its banks. The Honobia Creek Wildlife Management Area (WMA) of includes much of the upper course of the Little River within its boundaries. The WMA is a partnership between the government of Oklahoma and three timber companies. Most of the land is used for plantations of Loblolly Pine but hardwood forest is preserved in some areas. Twenty-one miles of the river flows through the WMA. Sport fishes include Flathead catfish, Largemouth and Smallmouth bass, Green sunfish, and Chain Pickerel. A fee is charged to access the WMA. The Little River National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma and the Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas protect portions of the lower Little River and provide habitat for a large variety of animals and plants. The Little River NWR has the largest tree in Oklahoma, a Bald Cypress, within its boundaries and the largest specimens in Oklahoma of ten other tree species. Pond Creek NWR includes on the north bank of the Little River. Breeding populations of the American alligator are found in Millood Lake and Pond Creek NWR and alligators are sometimes seen in the Little River National Wildlife Refuge. This lower section of the river is characterized by swamps, sloughs, oxbow lakes and a seasonally-flooded bottomland hardwood forest. See also List of Arkansas rivers List of Oklahoma rivers Little River National Wildlife Refuge Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge Pine Creek Lake Millwood Lake References External links Little River National Wildlife Refuge website Millwood Lake website Pine Creek Lake website Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge website Rivers of Arkansas Rivers of Oklahoma Bodies of water of Hempstead County, Arkansas Bodies of water of Le Flore County, Oklahoma Bodies of water of Little River County, Arkansas Bodies of water of McCurtain County, Oklahoma Bodies of water of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma Bodies of water of Sevier County, Arkansas Tributaries of the Red River of the South