The Mississippi River’s floodplain forests are dying. The race is on to bring them back.
People fish at Reno Bottoms, a wildlife area in the backwaters of the Mississippi River, on July 18, 2023. (Credit: Jovanny Hernandez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Floodplain forests play a pivotal role in the river ecosystem – creating wildlife habitat, improving water quality, storing carbon and slowing flooding. But they’re disappearing.
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