Reclaiming the Land for Wetlands Large-scale floodplain restoration project seeks to put nature back in balance At 7,100 acres, Emiquon Preserve is one of the largest floodplain restoration projects in the United States outside the Florida Ever- glades. Located within the Upper Mississippi River system, Emi- quon was, until very recently, a vast expanse of plowed fields and rotating crops in the country’s farming heartland. Beginning in 2007

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