Operating Plan for the Upper Mississippi River System LTRMP


U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  1993.  Operating Plan for the
Upper Mississippi River System Long Term Resource Monitoring
Program.  Environmental Management Technical Center, Onalaska,
Wisconsin, Revised September 1993.  EMTC 91-P002R.  179 pp.  (NTIS
# PB94-160199)


ABSTRACT


This Operating Plan establishes a framework and schedule for the
completion of a comprehensive Long Term Resource Monitoring and
Computerized Inventory and Analysis Program for the Upper
Mississippi River System.  This Program has been designed to
collect scientifically valid and statistically sound data over
time to detect site-specific and/or system-wide changes.  The data
base will be helpful in evaluating various impacts on the system
and will serve as a reliable information source for management
agencies.  It also will support and be integrated with specific
navigation impact assessments being conducted by the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers.  In addition, a Computerized Inventory and
Analysis System is needed to assimilate and store historical data
as well as to manage data generated through the Long Term Resource
Monitoring Program (LTRMP).  A computerized information transfer
system will provide resource managers with site-specific and
system-wide data, using standardized and state-of-the-art
methodologies.  Several organizations or groups provide input and
guidance to the LTRMP.  The Upper Mississippi River Basin
Association (UMRBA) is composed of the five basin states and
representatives from the participating Federal agencies.  The
UMBRA serves as a clearinghouse for all components of the
Environmental Management Program, directs Program policy, and
facilitates coordination and cooperation among Program
participants.


KEYWORDS

Mississippi River, Illinois River, resource management, long-term
data, river research, spatial data analysis, GIS