The Mississippi River's flood plain forests are dying. The race is on to bring them back.

Floodplain forests play a pivotal role in the Mississippi River ecosystem – creating wildlife habitat, improving water quality, storing carbon and slowing flooding. But they’re disappearing faster as high water from longer-lasting floods soaks the trees more than they can stand. With funding available, the challenge is finding the right solution before things get much worse.

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