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Dawn over the Mississippi River. © Mark Godfrey/The Nature Conservancy

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A dense forest surrounds a structure made of water and concrete.

Restoring Nature at Loch Leven

The Nature Conservancy plays a key role in the largest floodplain reconnection project in the Lower Mississippi.

A barge floats in calm waters next to a pile of rocks.

Tony Trapani Oyster Reef

The Nature Conservancy constructed a 35-acre oyster reef following natural and man-made disasters that have decimated populations in the Bay of St. Louis.

Aerial image of Mississippi wetland with hardwood trees and the Mississippi River in the background.

Reviving Loch Leven: How the Farm Bill Restored a Mississippi Floodplain

Loch Leven, a 6,000-acre island in the Mississippi River, is the largest floodplain reconnection project in the Lower Mississippi. This effort was largely funded by the Farm Bill.

Aerial view of a long, narrow forested island in the middle of the wide Mississippi River.

Keeping Tabs on the Mississippi

In 2020, The Nature Conservancy embarked on an ambitious five-year effort to design and fund a “sentinel system” to monitor the Mississippi River, from end to end and across the basin.

Bags of gray oyster shells line a coastline.

Save Our Shells

A pilot program recycles shells from local restaurants to rebuild oyster populations along Mississippi's Gulf Coast.

The sun's rays stream from behind a cloud over a longleaf pine forest at Disney Wilderness Preserve.

Longleaf Pine Forests—A Tree for Our Time

Throughout nine states in the U.S. southeast, TNC is working together to restore and manage longleaf pine forest from Texas to Virginia.

An adult gopher tortoise on the sandy soils of longleaf pine savanna.

Gopher Tortoise

The gopher tortoise is one of the oldest living species on the planet, yet it's threatened or nearly extinct in parts of its range. Find out how we're protecting gopher tortoise habitat!

Reflection of clouds on Mink River.

Facilitating Momentum for the Mississippi River Basin

The Agility Lab answered a critical question on the effectiveness of Mississippi River Basin monitoring systems to facilitate rapid growth and improvements.

Nesting loggerhead sea turtle returning to the ocean at Florida's Blowing Rocks Preserve.

Ocean and Coasts Network

The Ocean and Coasts Network will help us tackle challenges across a vast geography of shorelines and open waters in the southeastern U.S. and Gulf of Mexico.

Map showing flooding around the Mississippi River near Cairo, Illinois.

Mississippi River Flooding Maps

Explore maps that illustrate the Mississippi River’s reach, our efforts to control it, and the impacts from its flooding on the people who live in its floodplain.

A black insect with transparent wings and large red eyes sits on a green leaf.

What You Need to Know about Periodical Cicadas

What you need to know about this noisy, natural wonder.

A bend in the Mississippi River is lined with forests.

Letting the River Run: Using Nature to Decrease Mississippi River Flooding

As floods throughout the Mississippi River Basin become more destructive and unpredictable, communities are changing tactics to give the water a place to go.

A young boy's back is visible as he uses a snorkel to dip his head into murky water. Sunlight is creating sparkly spots in the water and on his back.

How The Water Shapes Us

A collection of photography from around the Mississippi River Basin that depicts what life is like in disparate parts of this important and vast river system.

Aerial view of urban flooding along the Meramec River in Missouri in 2019.

Natural Solutions for Flooding

Restoring floodplains is a key strategy for communities grappling with annual flooding along the Mississippi River from Iowa to Missouri to Louisiana.

GulfCorps volunteers planting sea oats

Ten Years of Progress in the Gulf

Ten years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, TNC learned many lessons about how to increase chances of success for large-scale restoration of the Gulf and of other important ecosystems.

A stretch of the Pascagoula River along the Griffith Tract in Mississippi.

A Legacy of Land Protection

Working with the State of Mississippi on large-scale land acquisitions has allowed TNC to protect several large and ecologically important areas along the Pascagoula River and elsewhere in Mississippi.

Courtney Gullo is an alumna of the GulfCorps program.

Gulfcorps Alumni Profiles

Find out how GulfCorps is shaping the careers of young people throughout the Gulf Coast.

Osprey in the nest.

Osprey Nest Cam Live Feed

Welcome to live feed from our osprey nest camera in Orange Beach, Alabama.

Three people work together to push a tree sapling off of a trail.

A New Meaning for Restoration

Strengthening the battered Gulf Coast gives young people real jobs and a path forward.

Texas City Prairie

Our Future Gulf

The "Our Future Gulf" report outlines TNC's recommendations for the restoration of the Gulf.

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