Lower Mississippi’s largest ecosystem restoration gets go-ahead but not funding
A gar, a fish native to the Mississippi River, swims in an aquarium at the Tunica Riverpark and Museum in Tunica, Mississippi, on Feb, 7, 2025. A proposed restoration project seeks to support the habitat of the alligator gar, a natural predator for invasive carp.
(Karen Pulfer Focht/The Tennessee Lookout)
The $63.7 million project would restore forests and wetland habitats along 39 miles of the Mississippi River.
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