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There are seven Bird Conservation Regions (BCRs) with at least 10% of total acreage devoted to the production of row crops - corn, cotton, peanut, rice, sorghum, soybeans, tobacco, spring wheat, and winter wheat. These seven BCRs (labeled with numbers 11, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, and 26 below) encompass a broad swath of the central continental U.S. and constitute a large portion of the Mississippi watershed:

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Click on each bird conservation number to read details about the habitat: BCR11, BCR18, BCR19, BCR22, BCR23, BCR24, BCR26