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LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
ISLAND 63 SECONDARY CHANNEL
HABITAT RESTORATION PROJECT
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Lower Mississippi River
Conservation Committee
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239 LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER PROJECTS
  • Improved Access – Boat ramps, land acquisition, easements
  • Floodplain Lake Restoration – weirs, rehabilitation of connecting channels, reforestation
  • Increase Channel Habitat Diversity – chevrons, hard-points, dike notching
  • Side Channel Restoration – notch closing structures, dredging, reforestation
  • Create Sandbar Channels – dike notching
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ISLAND 63
HABITAT RESTORATION PROJECT


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ISLAND 63 – DOWNSTREAM
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ISLAND 63 CHANNEL – DOWNSTREAM
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ISLAND 63 CHANNEL – DOWNSTREAM
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ISLAND 63 CHANNEL – UPSTREAM
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ISLAND 63 PROJECT CHRONOLOGY
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PROJECT PLANNING
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PROJECT DESIGN
MEMPHIS DISTRICT CORPS OF ENGINEERS
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PRE-CONSTRUCTION
ACTIVITIES
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PROJECT CONSTRUCTION
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PROJECT CONSTRUCTION
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PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
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ISLAND 63 FISH PASSAGE PROJECT
PARTNERS
  • SOUTHEAST REGION U. S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
  • U. S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS – MEMPHIS DISTRICT & MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DIVISION
  • MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES & PARKS (LMRCC)
  • AMERICAN LAND CONSERVANCY
  • MISSISSIPPI FISH & WILDLIFE FOUNDATION
  • QUAPAW CANOE COMPANY
  • WILDLIFE FOREVER
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ISLAND 63 PROJECT BENEFITS