Holly Springs National Forest is a 147,000-acre mix of public and private land. Located in northern central Mississippi and attracts many of its citizens escaping for the weekend. The park's 50 or so lakes were originally intended for flood prevention and erosion control, but are today also used for warm-water fishing, boating, swimming, and more. When the Forest Service took responsibility for rehabilitating the land, the earth had been badly scarred. These same grounds are now well covered by pines, oaks, and dogwood trees.
