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[[The Nature Conservancy]] maintains forty acres on Dorcheat Bayou donated by James W. Bransford, who pledged to designate another one thousand acres in the future. The preserve is not open to the public.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/louisiana/preserves/art6873.html|title=The Nature Conservancy: Bayou Dorcheat|publisher=nature.org|accessdate=August 24, 2009}}</ref>
[[The Nature Conservancy]] maintains forty acres on Dorcheat Bayou donated by James W. Bransford, who pledged to designate another one thousand acres in the future. The preserve is not open to the public.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/louisiana/preserves/art6873.html|title=The Nature Conservancy: Bayou Dorcheat|publisher=nature.org|accessdate=August 24, 2009}}</ref>
The history of the Dorcheat country is revealed in certain exhibits at the [[Dorcheat Historical Association Museum]] at 116 Pearl Street in Minden. The $7.2 million Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center, which opened in 2002 at the former Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant west of Minden which operated from 1942 to 1996, is named for the bayou. It was pushed to completion by then Webster Parish [[Sheriff]] [[Larkin T. Riser]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/CachedPage/?archive_id=0&page_id=273750645&page_url=//www.press-herald.com/news/0327news.html&page_last_updated=2002-03-28T09:42:40&firstName=Ted&lastName=Riser|title=Dorcheat Center Ready at Last|publisher=''[[Minden Press-Herald]]''|author=Josh Beavers|date=March 28, 2002|accessdate=September 18, 2014}}</ref> There is also the Dorcheat Soil Conservation District.
The history of the Dorcheat country is revealed in certain exhibits at the [[Dorcheat Historical Association Museum]] at 116 Pearl Street in Minden. The $7.2 million Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center, which opened in 2002 at the former Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant west of Minden which operated from 1942 to 1996, is named for the bayou. It was pushed to completion by then Webster Parish [[Sheriff]] [[Ted Riser|Larkin T. Riser]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/CachedPage/?archive_id=0&page_id=273750645&page_url=//www.press-herald.com/news/0327news.html&page_last_updated=2002-03-28T09:42:40&firstName=Ted&lastName=Riser|title=Dorcheat Center Ready at Last|publisher=''[[Minden Press-Herald]]''|author=Josh Beavers|date=March 28, 2002|accessdate=September 18, 2014}}</ref> There is also the Dorcheat Soil Conservation District.
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