[PCA] Restoring an Ecosystem One Tree at a Time

[Prescott, Leah]

This Earth Day, *Scientific American* is working with the Arbor Day
Foundation to reforest the Mississippi River Valley region.



*THE PROJECT:*
The Arbor Day Foundation is working with public and private partners to
reforest areas of Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Illinois,
Missouri, and Tennessee. This bottomland hardwood ecosystem is one of the
most important critical wetland resources on the North American continent.



The region is a vital habitat for migratory birds—40% of North America’s
waterfowl and 60% of all bird species migrate along the Mississippi
River—and numerous plant and animal species, but the wetlands’ original 25
million acres of forestland have been reduced to less than 5 million acres.


The Arbor Day Foundation’s goal is to create forests that landowners will
permanently maintain through financial incentives such as carbon credit
sales, wood products, and recreational services as well as the ecological
benefits of restoring wildlife habitat.

Scientific American

Full Article:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/store/offer/arbor-day/?utm_source=
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-- 
Leah Prescott
Bureau of Land Management
Plant Conservation & Restoration Program
Data Coordinator
202-912-7232

National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration
<https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy>
Plant Conservation Alliance <http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/>
Seeds of Success
<https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection>
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