UNCERTAIN – Mark Williams, Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge manager, pointed his finger toward the surrounding forest and said when he finishes his habitat management plan the view through the trees will someday "look like Texas looked as a Republic.

"You'll be able to see a long way."

Williams plans to clear out underbrush with controlled burning.

The burning will allow grass and plants, on which threatened neo-tropical migratory birds feed, to flourish – birds like the brown-headed nut hatches.