The Mississippi River Trust works in cooperation with private investors, private landowners and government agencies to protect fish and wildlife habitat throughout the Mississippi River Valley.

The Mississippi River Trust provides the following services:

1. Advice about conservation strategies appropriate to each landowner's goals and objectives.

2. Designs, holds and monitors conservation easements to protect fish and wildlife habitat from undesirable activities.

3. Designs, holds and monitors Environmental Assets easements to provide landowners with economic incentives to recreate native habitat on marginal farm lands.

4. Encourages the restoration and protection of biodiverse, self-sustaining ecosystems.