As the only natural lake in Texas, Caddo Lake, on the Louisiana border, is unique. With its bald cypress and tupelo trees, the lake is also only one of 19 wetlands designated as “of unique importance” in the United States.

Texas Agricultural Experiment Station scientists, along with the Caddo Lake Institute (a private operating foundation underwritten by musician Don Henley), The Nature Conservancy, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northeast Texas Municipal Water District and other federal and state agencies, and local citizens are working together to help Caddo Lake remain a diverse and economically important wetland.

Although other issues affect the lake, the integrity the lake and its ecosystem are being threatened because of a lack of freshwater flow.