Upper River State Watershed Programs / Mississippi River Basin Programs

Illinois Watershed Programs
Iowa Watershed Programs
Minnesota Watershed Programs
Missouri Watershed Programs
Wisconsin Watershed Programs

Mississippi River Basin Watershed Programs

Driftless Area Initiative
A new watershed organization, the Driftless Area Initiative formed to coordinate efforts in southwest Wisconsin, northwest Illinois, northeast Iowa, and southeast Minnesota.

BALMM - Basin Alliance for the Lower Mississippi in Minnesota
BALMM is a locally-led alliance of land and water resource agencies formed to coordinate efforts to protect and improve water quality in the Lower Mississippi River Basin in Minnesota.

South Branch Root River Watershed Project
The South Branch Root River Watershed Project is a cooperative effort among local soil and water conservation authorities, land owners, the MPCA, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and other stakeholders. This project seeks to unite and inform stakeholders about technical watershed issues while protecting and improving water quality.

Yellow River Watershed Initiative - National Park Service (NPS)
The Yellow River Watershed Initiative is a National Park Service-led effort to create a watershed rapid assessment project that will determine the state of this valuable watershed upstream of Effigy Mounds National Monument in northeast Iowa.

Mississippi River Citizen Commission
The Mississippi River Citizen Commission (MRCC) was formed to extend and expand the work performed by the former Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Commission concerning the Mississippi River. It meets regularly to discuss and propose solutions to issues on the river.

SMART
SMART (System-Wide Modeling, Assessment, and Restoration Technologies) US Army Corps of Engineers merging science and engineering for the benefit of the environment.

Regional Sediment Management
Regional Sediment Management identifyies sediment as a resource and eamines its often unrecognized importance.

Ecosystem Restoration and Management
This USACE slide presentation (2001) offers information and web links on Corps Ecosystem Restoration and Management.

Upper Mississippi Basin Stakeholder Network
This is a slide presentation by Barry Drazkowski (2001) on the UMBSN and the Upper Mississippi River Stewardship Initiative.

NRCS Science and Technology Development and Transfer
See this slide presentation by Wildon J. Fontenot from the USACE SMART Program Workshop, November 28, 2001, Orange Beach, AL.