Long Term Resource Monitoring Program FY 2012

The mission of the LTRMP is to provide decision makers with the information needed to maintain the Upper Mississippi River System as a viable multiple-use large river ecosystem. The long-term monitoring goals of the Program are to understand the system, determine resource trends and impacts, develop management alternatives, manage information, and develop useful products.

Only five state agencies (six field stations) listed below are eligible to apply as stipulated in the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-662) a. Iowa – Department of Natural Resources – LTRMP Mississippi River Monitoring Station b. Illinois – Natural History Survey 1) LTRMP Pool 26 Field Station 2) LTRMP Havana Field Station c. Minnesota – Department of Natural Resources – LTRMP Lake City Field Station d. Missouri – Department of Conservation – LTRMP Open Rivers and Wetlands Field Station e. Wisconsin – Department of Natural Resources – LTRMP Pool 8 Field Station

Laura Mahoney Grant Analyst Phone 703-648-7344