Partnership Actions
The Mississippi River Watershed Partnership identified over 30 goals and actions across 5 key issue areas aimed at improving the resilience, health, and safety of the watershed. We are now advancing 10 priority actions to begin that work.
Initial Actions
Below are the 9 actions MRWP is working toward. Please complete the survey for any action you or your organization is actively involved in or has data to support.
Roadmap Action #1
Provide at-risk communities with access to information or tools that generate information to prepare for floods and droughts.
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Roadmap Action #2
Promote the use of nature-based solutions across issue areas through policy advocacy and educational materials, while also developing metrics to measure their effectiveness at scale.
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Roadmap Action #3
Update the economic profiles of the Upper and Lower Mississippi River Basins, and create economic profiles of the Missouri, Ohio/Tennessee, and Arkansas/Red/White River Basins.
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Roadmap Action #4
Conduct a gap analysis to identify where increased investment is needed, using an inventory of actions (e.g., funding, BMP implementation, load reductions) from projects implemented through NRCS programs, Clean Water Act-authorized initiatives, and other relevant programs.
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Roadmap Action #5
Identify habitat and biota that should be monitored as indicators of ecosystem function through the Sentinel Monitoring Network.
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Roadmap Action #6
Support key legislation and appropriations such as UMRR, NESP, ORBA Restoration Plan, Lower Mississippi Comp Study, Sentinel Monitoring System, Mississippi River Basin Fishery Commission, etc.
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Roadmap Action #8
Gather and make publicly available data on the annual tonnage, types of commodities, and their economic value transported on the river.
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Roadmap Action #9
Identify habitat and biota that should be monitored as indicators of ecosystem function through the Sentinel Monitoring Network.
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Roadmap Action #10
Ensure that state nutrient reduction programs, collectively, are strategically aligned, adequately funded, and capable of addressing the full extent of the Gulf hypoxia problem.