Waterway Transportation and the Environmental Management Program in the Upper Mississippi River...
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Waterway Transportation and the Environmental Management Program in the Upper Mississippi River System 尹耀 (Yin Yao) Director of International Strategies,
Waterway Transportation and the Environmental Management
Program in the Upper Mississippi River System (Yin Yao) Director of
International Strategies, The Nature Conservancy Great Rivers
Partnership; and Ecologist, United States Geological Survey Upper
Midwest Environmental Sciences Center. 2630 Fanta Reed Road, La
Crosse, Wisconsin 54603, USA.
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Third largest river system in the world - migratory flyway for
40% of nations waterfowl - Over 250 species fish critical N/S
migration corridor -326 bird species (60% of all species in N.
America) - 37 species of mussels
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Miles Feet Upper Mississippi River Navigation Dams
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18901990 Upper Third Lower Third Middle Third
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Environmental Issues
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What Led to Monitoring on the UMR? 1968 Lock and Dam 26
expansion recommendation 1970 appropriated to run through 1975 1974
lawsuits filed, Court stopped Initiated 1974-1976: by UMR Basin
Commission 1980 GREAT I and II A study of the Upper Mississippi
River GREAT River Resource Management Study, 1982 UMR Basin
Commission Master Plan published 1982 12 recommendation on
navigation and environment Draft bill Upper Mississippi River
System Management Act Draft Long-term Resource Monitoring Plan
(Technical Report F) WRDA 1986 Section 1103 Upper Mississippi River
Plan
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National Significance of Upper Mississippi River System the
intent of Congress to recognize that system as a nationally
significant ecosystem and a nationally significant commercial
navigation system. shall be administered and regulated in
recognition of its several purposes. Citation: Water Resources
Development Act of 1986, Section 1103(a)(2).
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Congressional Language for the Environmental Management Program
(HREP, LTRMP/CIA) The Secretary of the Army, in consultation with
the Secretary of the Interior and the States of Illinois, Iowa,
Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin..as identified in the Master
Plan Planning, construction, and evaluation of measures for fish
and wildlife habitat rehabilitation and enhancement (NTE$13 m
annually ~69%): HREP Long-term resource monitoring program ($5 m
~26%): LTRMP Computerized inventory and analysis system $.876m ~5%:
CIA Also authorized LD 26 second lock
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ELEMENTS OF THE UMRS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM LONG TERM
RESOURCE MONITORING ( 32%) ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF RECREATION AND
NAVIGATION MONITORING ( > 1%) HABITAT REHABILITATION AND
ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS ( 66%)
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How. Examples that may serve your purposes as well.
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UMR as a Multiple-use Environment RevenueRevenue Degree of
Reliance on Water Quality Low High Manufacturing-$126B
Tourism-$6.6B Agriculture-$5B Energy production-$4.7B Commercial
Nav-$1B Recreation-$200M Harvest-$9M $145 Billion 870,000 Jobs 40%
of Corridor output 18% economic activity in 5-state area
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Great Rivers Partnership: Mission and Strategy The Great Rivers
Partnership will advance sustainable management of the Mississippi
River system, and share knowledge and expertise to inform the
management of other great rivers by: 1)convening diverse interests
as an honest broker to synthesize stakeholder perspectives with
best science and practice to support a shared vision, and
actionable programs, policies, and partnerships 2)acting as a
solutions provider and innovator in cooperation with a global
network of expertise that helps inform and solve the most critical
management challenges, through projects that demonstrate a systems
approach using science-based adaptive management 3)communicating as
a unified expert voice on pertinent issues so as to build an
informed constituency for the Mississippi River system and great
rivers around the world