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The Nature Conservancy teams in 10 states are working in the Mississippi River basin priority project areas listed below to address some of the river's most critical threats including habitat loss and incompatible land use.

• Atchafalya River, Louisiana
• Bayou Bartholomew, Louisiana
• The Big Woods, Arkansas
• Boone River, Iowa
• Cat Island - Tunica Hills, Louisiana
• Cypress Island, Louisiana
• Donaldson Point - Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee
• Emiquon, Illinois
• Hatchie River, Tennessee
• Horseshoe Lake, Illinois
• Lower Black River, Arkansas and Missouri
• Lower Cedar River, Iowa
• Lower Yazoo Basin, Mississippi
• Mackinaw River, Illinois
• Military Ridge Prairie Heritage Area, Wisconsin
• Mingo Basin, Missouri
• Obion Creek and Bayou de Chien, Kentucky
• Pecatonica River, Wisconsin
• Pine City Natural Area, Arkansas
• Root River, Minnesota
• Spunky Bottoms, Illinois
• St. Francis National Forest, Arkansas
• Tensas River Basin, Louisiana
• Wabash River, Indiana
• Weaver Dunes - Zumbro River, Minnesota

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