Mollicy Farms was cleared for row crop agriculture in 1969 and 17 miles of levees were constructed surrounding the 16,000-acre site to reduce flooding. This hydrologic modification, common in southern floodplains, disrupted the natural flooding cycles and functionally disconnected the floodplain from the Ouachita River, leading to species loss, impaired water quality, lost floodplain storage, and reduced productivity.When Mollicy Farms was acquired by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, agricultural operations ended on the site, and millions of trees were planted to transition back into bottomland forest. The Nature Conservancy, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, The Coca-Cola Foundation, and others partnered together to restore the extensive wetlands and bottomland forests once found upon the floodplain and reintroduce the Ouachita River flood pulse. Mollicy Farms is the site of the largest floodplain restoration effort currently underway and can thus serve as a demonstration site for future floodplain reconnection and restoration throughout the lower Mississippi Valley.