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Balancing Act: Exploring the Impacts of Disturbance Regimes on Floodplain Forests

Balancing Act: Exploring the Impacts of Disturbance Regimes on Floodplain Forests

Delaney Farwell, Mississippi Park Connection's Community Forestry Coordinator, explores how humans, rivers, and ecosystems intertwine. She emphasizes floods and droughts' impact on floodplain forests, especially cottonwood trees, stressing the need to understand disturbance patterns amidst climate change. Farwell concludes by urging a holistic mindset, akin to "thinking like a river," to protect these landscapes for generations to come.

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Thank you to the 2022 MISSISSIPPI RIVER CREW!

Thank you to the 2022 MISSISSIPPI RIVER CREW!

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Conservation Corps is hiring!

Conservation Corps is hiring!

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Meet the new Communications Associate for Mississippi Park Connection

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Birds and Bridges — A Look At the Upper Mississippi

Birds and Bridges — A Look At the Upper Mississippi

Photo courtesy of Star Tribune.

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What Is the Big Sit?

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A Letter to the Mighty Mississippi

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Meet the 2017 Mississippi River Fellows

Meet the 2017 Mississippi River Fellows

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Staff Highlight: Jim Ford

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Featured Site: Grey Cloud Dunes SNA

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Planting Seeds For the Next Generation

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Volunteer Voices: Paul Eaves

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