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Date:
July 14, 2020
Time:
11:00am
Location:
Online
IA
Contact:
Maisah Khan
(mkhan@1mississippi.org)
Join the Mississippi River Network (MRN) as we host Shelly Morris from the Nature Conservancy (TNC) on a webinar about the Dogtooth Bend floodplain reconnection and restoration project in Illinois.
Dogtooth Bend (in Alexander County, IL) has experienced flooding for decades, and these floods are becoming more frequent, longer in duration, and more unpredictable in timing. Many landowners in the area have expressed an interest in alternatives to farming and are actively looking for financial mechanisms to do so.
TNC is working with Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and other partners to assist with a path forward, and last year in 2019 $25 million was allocated through NRCS easement programs to purchase easements and restore a large portion of this area. Restoration of this Mississippi River floodplain will provide a variety of ecosystem services as well as financial assistance to interested landowners.
To register, please send Maisah Khan an email at mkhan@1mississippi.org.