Long Term Resource Monitoring Program FY 2019

The Long Term Resource Monitoring (LTRM) Element Cooperative Agreement Program. LTRM is the monitoring and research element of the UMRR Program, managed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and implemented by the five Upper Mississippi River System states (Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin). Overall guidance, funding, and Program responsibility is provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). A directive outlining the mode of operation and the respective roles of each agency is embodied in a 1988 Memorandum of Agreement.

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 Stationb. Illinois Natural History Survey 1) LTRMP Pool 26 Field Station 2) LTRMP Havana Field Stationc. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources LTRMP Lake City Field Stationd. Missouri Department of Conservation LTRMP Open Rivers and Wetlands Field Statione. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources LTRMP Pool 8 Field Station

Desiree Santa 703-648-7382 dsanta@usgs.gov