Upper Mississippi River Restoration Long Term Resource Monitoring

Objective

To provide decision makers with information needed to maintain the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS) as a sustainable large river ecosystem given its multiple-use character. Congress has declared the UMRS to be both a nationally significant ecosystem and a nationally significant commercial navigation system. The long-term goals of the LTRM are to: understand the UMRS ecosystem, monitor trends and effects with respect to selected resources, develop resource management alternatives, manage information, and develop useful products.

Who Can Apply

• Federal
• Interstate
• Intrastate
• State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals)
• Local (includes State-designated lndian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals
• Sponsored organization
• Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals)

State agencies stipulated in the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-662) are eligible to apply.

Who Benefits

• Federal
• Private nonprofit institution/organization
• Other private institution/organization
• Anyone/general public
• State
• Local

UMRS State, Federal, and private natural resource managers, users, and the general public.

Assistance Types

• Cooperative Agreements (Discretionary Grants)

Program Contact

jrfischer@usgs.gov
(608) 781-6376