"To preserve a natural and historic area for the enjoyment of the public" A project of the Vanderburgh SWCD, Four Rivers RC&D, The Nature Conservancy, and Wesselman Woods Nature Society

Stop by and check out the new entrance and parking area at Eagle Slough Natural Area!

Eagle Slough is a 127 acre wetland conservation project in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, near the city if Evansville. The Slough is located at 5000 Waterworks Road on the Indiana-Kentucky state line in the flood plain of the Ohio River, immediately north of the Ellis Park horse racing track. It consists of three parcels of land, one of 53 acres donated by Traylor Brothers Construction Company and two purchased purchased from the State of Indiana totaling 74 acres.

     All of the Eagle Slough property is forested except for the northern most part which consists of various lakes appropriate of migrating waterfowl. To date, over one hundred species of birds and waterfowl have been sighted at the property. The vegetation at Eagle Slough is varied but typical for an Ohio River wetland. Biologically significant, however, is the existence of bald cypress trees which are not typically found north if the Ohio River. Species inventories are ongoing.