AWI, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, has brought together government, community, academic, industry, and NGO leaders to build a diverse and robust partnership across different sectors to develop shared priorities across the entire Watershed.

“When you face an intractable problem – enlarge it – within this expansion there will be zones of agreement.”

General Peter “Duke” DeLuca, from Dwight Eisenhower

Why do we need a Mississippi River Watershed Partnership?

The Mississippi River Watershed is the only large Watershed in the United States without formal coordination of programmatic activities and comprehensive dedicated funding across its sub-Basins. 

This coalition will act as one voice to build broad support and secure dedicated funding to drive integrated, on-the-ground action essential to sustain the Watershed’s resources critical to the local economies and communities that depend on them.