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Landowners maintain ownership and access control of their property.
Historically, the MAV was comprised entirely of bottomland hardwoods, covering some 24 million acres from Southern Illinois to Louisiana. The oak-dominated forest with its intermingled cypress sloughs and brakes provided food and shelter for ducks, particularly mallards and wood ducks, and many other species of wildlife. Although still important as a wintering area for ducks, the loss of bottomland hardwoods has reduced or eliminated some populations of wildlife from the region and may prohibit other populations from growing. In addition, water quality and flood abatement have decreased greatly with the loss of trees and changes in hydrology. The Natural Resource Conservation Service and the Southern Regional Office of Ducks Unlimited have cooperated in implementing Wetland Reserve Program in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley.