Flyway Forests

Situated in the lower Mississippi River valley, the project aims to restore agricultural lands to original bottomland hardwood forests. This initiative partners directly with local landowners, providing them with an alternative income source by paying them to reforest their land. The project will help counter regional deforestation trends by planting millions of native trees to capture hundreds of thousands of metric tons of carbon under the new Verra methodology, VM00047.

Collaborating with local landowners

The project will compensate landowners for restoring bottomland hardwood forests, ensuring permanence through a series of conservation easements. The initial phase includes four distinct properties spanning 570 hectares. In 2024, phase two will include reforesting an additional 650 hectares.

The project is part of a coalition of partners that hopes to restore and protect two million acres of forest in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley, pictured here, over the next two decades.

Ducks Unlimited: best-in-class wetland conservationist

Pachama has joined forces with Ducks Unlimited (DU), the world’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving North America’s wetland and grassland habitats, to implement reforestation activities across the Flyway Forests project properties.

With 87 years of experience, they’ve successfully conserved 6.5M hectares of habitat across North America, including 120,000 hectares of bottomland hardwood forest within the Mississippi River Valley, and have the fifth largest accredited land trust in the US.

Pachama_Avahoula Climate Mitigation_Still05 (1)

Pachama_Avahoula Climate Mitigation_Still01 (1)

Pachama_Avahoula Climate Mitigation_Still10

project impacts

Benefits go beyond carbon

This project will also support the environment, biodiversity, and local communities, including:

Purifying water: the location and use of highly specialized bottomland tree species will reduce nutrient runoff to the Gulf of Mexico, enhance water quality for aquatic communities, and decrease flood risk and erosion.
Protecting a biodiversity hotspot: the Mississippi River Valley has diverse habitats, including floodplains, emergent wetlands, and swamps, representing a critical migratory pathway for 60% of North America’s bird species and 40% of the US’s waterfowl.
Safeguarding local communities: project activities will create green jobs through logistics and tree planting while protecting communities with a stronger forest infrastructure.

Pachama originals technology

See project impacts in action

Harnessing remote sensing and AI technology, Pachama delivers high-integrity carbon accounting, deep project design diligence, and unprecedented insight into ongoing impacts.

Pachama Originals buyers will have access to:

Project progress tracking
Ongoing monitoring
Project diligence and carbon accounting
Delivery and retirement tracking

learn more

Flyway Forests

Project impact at a glance

Collaborating with local landowners

Are you a landowner in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley, interested in getting involved?

Ducks Unlimited: best-in-class wetland conservationist

Benefits go beyond carbon

See project impacts in action

Flyway Forests recent news

Ducks Unlimited, Pachama, and private investor join forces to create high-quality US-based reforestation project.

In the Mississippi Valley, these farmers are getting paid to restore 3,000 acres of forest.

Ducks Unlimited receives $10 million for biodiversity and habitat restoration efforts.

Flyway Forests

Project impact at a glance

Collaborating with local landowners

Are you a landowner in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley, interested in getting involved?

Ducks Unlimited: best-in-class wetland conservationist

Benefits go beyond carbon

See project impacts in action

Flyway Forests recent news

Ducks Unlimited, Pachama, and private investor join forces to create high-quality US-based reforestation project.

In the Mississippi Valley, these farmers are getting paid to restore 3,000 acres of forest.

Ducks Unlimited receives $10 million for biodiversity and habitat restoration efforts.

Subscribe to our newsletter

Contact our team to start investing in nature