Great Rivers Habitat Alliance

“It will take the collective resources of all partners, working together, to safeguard the wetland, agricultural and waterfowl hunting heritage of the Confluence.”

“Duck Hunting and conservation is not just a one-person effort. It takes a group, it takes a community, it takes everyone to come together and make it happen.”

"I encourage other landowners and clubs to protect this landscape to ensure that future generations throughout the Mississippi Flyway will be able to enjoy the spectacle of migrating waterfowl provided by Confluence wetlands for years to come,"

“How can you hunt waterfowl in this local floodplain and not get involved in the preservation of the Confluence and the environment?”

"In 1721, French explorer Father Pierre Francois de Charlevoix wrote of the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers: “I believe this is the finest confluence in the world."

“Our floodplains must be preserved, because once they are gone, they are gone forever.”

"GRHA will achieve our vision through diverse public and private partnerships to address the full range of factors that continue to erode and threaten the historic natural resources of the Confluence."

“I am a developer, but I believe in responsible development, and that involves preserving our irreplaceable floodplains to do the role they were intended to do.”

“This is floodplain, its highest and best use as natural marsh and that’s something that’s been obvious to our family for 100 years,”

“Because of the closeness to the population center of St. Louis, the Confluence is constantly attractive to developers and we have to continue to fight that not only for our own duck hunting but for downriver as well,”