Trees that grow in the Mississippi River floodplain have been struggling. Government agencies and various nonprofits are trying to reverse the forestland decline by planting new trees, and volunteers are key.
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Madeline Heim / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Estefanía Pinto Ruiz / KWQC-TV6 News
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Trees that grow in the Mississippi River floodplain have been struggling. Government agencies and various nonprofits are trying to reverse the forestland decline by planting new trees, and volunteers are key.