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Oklahoma Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry Forestry Services Division 2800 N Oklahoma Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry Forestry Services Division 2800 N. 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Riparian forests provide many important benefits to humans. They are a source of fresh drinking water and protect or provide habitat to a multitude of fish and wildlife species, some considered endangered or at-risk. They provide important benefits to communities as they function to moderate the impacts of floodwaters, improve water quality, and reduce sedimentation in streams and reservoirs. Their pleasing combination of land, water, vegetation, and wildlife attract us as places to relax and observe nature. Unfortunately, human activities within and around the state's waterways have often led to a loss of water quality and the destruction of habitat for fish and wildlife. As a result, 76 percent of Oklahoma’s streams and rivers and 49 percent of its lakes are now considered threatened or impaired by some form of pollution according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The Canadian River is the largest tributary of the Arkansas River. It is about 760 miles long, starting in Colorado and traveling through New Mexico, the Texas Panhandle, and most of Oklahoma where it joins the Arkansas River, about 40 miles west of the Arkansas border. In much of Oklahoma the Canadian River riparian forest is a shell of its former self. Whereas cottonwoods ( Populus deltoides ), American elm ( Ulmus americana ), pecan ( Carya illinoensis ), western soapberry ( Sapindus drummondii ), black walnut ( Juglans nigra ), and black willow ( Salix nigra ) once dominated, overgrazing and deforestation by agriculture interests have resulted in stream bank erosion, invasive species encroachment, and the loss of wildlife habitat and other ecosystem services. 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