The Mississippi River Coastal Wetlands Initiative area includes all or part of 17 Louisiana parishes and is bounded on the east by the ouisiana state line and extends westward to Vermilion Bay. The northern boundary of the initiative area occurs at roughly the marsh-swamp interface. The area includes two major river deltas--the Mississippi and Atchafalaya. The goal of the initiative is to provide wintering and migration habitat for significant numbers of dabbling ducks, diving ducks, and snow geese, as well as year-round habitat for mottled ducks. The Mississippi River Coastal Wetlands Initiative focuses on the three major waterfowl habitats available, coastal marshes, forested wetlands, and sea grass beds of Chandeleur Sound.

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