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'''Bayou Meto''' is an Arkansas watershed and wildlife management area extending seventy miles from its origins near [[Camp Robinson]] to its mouth on the [[Arkansas River]] southwest of Gillett. The bayou is known for its duck hunting and aquaculture.

"Meto" may be a corruption of the French word "mi-terre," meaning "semi-ground," as the stream flows roughly midway between the White and [[Arkansas River|Arkansas]] rivers, and nearly parallel. 

In July 1979 state health officials banned Arkansans from fishing, wading, and swimming in the watershed after dangerous amounts of dioxin were found in Bayou Meto.

==References==

*John C. Branner, "Some Old French Place Names in the State of Arkansas," ''Modern Language Notes'' 14 (February, 1899): 33-40.
*Bill Simmons, "The Spray: Dioxin Ends Recreation in Arkansas Bayou," ''The Lewiston Daily Sun,'' July 30, 1979.

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[[Category:Rivers and Streams]]