Did you know? At the confluence of the Mississippi, Illinois, and Missouri Rivers is North America’s greatest floodplain. Carrying waters from over half of the United States landscape, this region serves vital ecological functions such as storage and purification of floodwaters. It provides critically important migration habitat to over 250 species of waterfowl, wading birds, and neo-tropical migrant songbirds. Acknowledging the importance of this area to our mission, in 2003, Ducks Unlimited established the “Confluence Focus Area” (CFA) as one of DU’s priority Conservation Regions to protect, restore and enhance the remaining floodplain and its ecological values. DU and conservation partners are working to combine resources with those of other private, government, and nongovernment conservation entities to find win-win strategies for floodplain conservation. #DucksUnlimited #FallFlightFriday #MississippiRiver #IllinoisRiver #MissouriRiver #floodplains #wetlandsconservation