Task 2.2.1.4--Conduct Monitoring (Monitor and Evaluate Floodplain Elevation)
Task 2.2.1.5--Evaluate and Summarize Results (Monitor and Evaluate Floodplain Elevation)
Task 2.2.1.6--Evaluate and Refine Experimental Design (Monitor and Evaluate Floodplain Elevation)
Task 2.2.2.3--Obtain Current Data (Water Elevation)
Task 2.2.3.3--Obtain Historical Monitoring Data (Monitor Water Quality)
Task 2.2.3.4, Work Unit A--Collect Water Quality Samples
Task 2.2.3.4, Work Unit B--Analyze Water Quality Samples
Task 2.2.3.4, Work Unit C--Automate Collection and Tracking (Water Quality)
Task 2.2.3.4, Work Unit D--Train Water Quality Teams
Task 2.2.3.4, Work Unit E--Monitor Zooplankton Abundance at Selected Water Quality Sites
Task 2.2.3.4, Work Unit G--Participate in Study of Spatial Variations in Water Quality Indicators of Lake Pepin
Task 2.2.3.4, Work Unit H--Collect Sediment Density Information at Water Quality Sampling Sites
Task 2.2.3.4, Work Unit I--Commence Processing of Archived Phytoplankton Samples
Task 2.2.3.5--Evaluate and Summarize Historical Data (Monitor Water Quality)
Task 2.2.3.6--Summarize Results (Monitor Water Quality)
Task 2.2.3.7--Evaluate Design (Monitor Water Quality)
Task 2.2.3.8--Evaluate and Summarize Multiyear Trends (Monitor Water Quality)
Task 2.2.4.3--Obtain and Evaluate Historical Information (Monitor and Evaluate Aquatic and Terrestrial Vegetation)
Task 2.2.4.4, Work Unit A--Produce Spatial Vegetation Databases
Task 2.2.4.4, Work Unit B--Continued Development of the UMRS Land Cover/Use GIS Database
Task 2.2.4.5, Work Unit A--Conduct Annual Monitoring (Aquatic Vegetation)
Task 2.2.4.5, Work Unit B--Conduct Annual Monitoring (Terrestrial Vegetation)
Task 2.2.4.6, Work Unit A--Evaluate and Summarize Annual Results (Aquatic Vegetation)
Task 2.2.4.6, Work Unit B--Terrestrial Vegetation (Summarize Results)
Task 2.2.4.6, Work Unit C--Vegetation Colonization of New Terrestrial Areas
Task 2.2.4.6, Work Unit D--Analysis of 1989-1994 Vegetation Changes in Mississippi River Pool 8
Task 2.2.4.7--Evaluate and Refine Sampling Design
Task 2.2.5.3, Work Unit A--Sediment Budgets of LTRMP Study Pools: A U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Effort
Task 2.2.5.3, Work Unit B--Data Identification and Compilation
Task 2.2.5.3, Work Unit C--Acquiring Sediment Type and Distribution Data
Task 2.2.7.2--Establish Experimental Design (Monitor and Evaluate Selected Macroinvertebrate Populations and Communities)
Task 2.2.7.3--Conduct Annual Monitoring (Monitor and Evaluate Selected Macroinvertebrate Populations and Communities)
Task 2.2.7.4--Evaluate and Summarize Annual Results (Monitor and Evaluate Selected Macroinvertebrate Populations and Communities)
Task 2.2.7.5--Evaluate and Refine Experimental Design (Macroinvertebrates)
Task 2.2.7.6--Evaluate and Summarize 5-year Trends
Task 2.2.8.4--Evaluate and Summarize the Results (Monitor and Evaluate Fish Communities, Guilds, and Populations)
Task 2.2.8.5--Evaluate and Refine Experimental Design (Monitor and Evaluate Fish Communities, Guilds, and Populations)
Task 2.2.8.6--Evaluate and Summarize Multiyear Trends (Monitor and Evaluate Fish Communities, Guilds, and Populations)
Strategy 2.2.9--Monitor and Evaluate Wildlife
Task 2.2.10.4--Evaluate and Summarize Results (Monitor and Evaluate Public Use)
Task 2.3.1.1--Develop Multicomponent Trend Models
Task 2.3.1.2, Work Unit A--Integration of Component Data with GIS (Multicomponent Syntheses)
Task 2.3.1.2, Work Unit B--Spatial Analysis: Pool 26 Pilot Project (Multicomponent Syntheses)
Task 2.3.1.2, Work Unit C, Linking Spatial Data to Informal Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) Surveys to Monitor Trends on SAV in Pool 8 (Multicomponent Syntheses)
Task 2.3.1.2, Work Unit E--Systematic Changes in Land-Water Boundaries: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s (Multicomponent Syntheses)
Task 2.3.1.2, Work Unit G--Status and Trends Report
Task 2.3.1.3--Conduct Multidisciplinary Studies (Multicomponent Syntheses)
Task 2.3.2.1--Evaluate Value of Component Data
Task 2.3.2.2--Modify Components or Design
Task 2.2.1.4--Conduct
Monitoring (Monitor and Evaluate Floodplain Elevation)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: (1) Bathymetry surveys with the automated survey boat were limited to work supplemented by extramural funding. An updated GIS bathymetric database was completed for Pool 26 with additional data collection. Data were collected in the La Grange Pool. (2) Surveys were conducted and the database was updated for high resolution transects in Pools 4, 8, and 13 and the La Grange Pool. Funding Allocation: $39.3K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: (1) Update GIS coverage of bathymetry for La Grange Pool, (2) complete surveys and the annual increment of high-resolution transect data, and (3) collect additional bathymetry surveys for pools other than the LTRMP study pools if personnel are available. (POC: J. Rogala and P. Boma) Funding Allocation: $60.6K
Task
2.2.1.5--Evaluate and Summarize Results (Monitor and Evaluate Floodplain
Elevation)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: (1) Published report--Rogala, J. T., and P. J. Boma. 1996. Rates of sedimentation along selected backwater transects in Pools 4, 8, and 13 of the Upper Mississippi River. U.S. Geological Survey, Environmental Management Technical Center, Onalaska, Wisconsin, October 1996. LTRMP 96-T005. 24 pp. This report was not scheduled for FY 1996, but was completed due to the urgent need for this data by the COE navigation studies. The report publication was funded by the navigation studies. (2) In addition, a study on sedimentation since impoundment was initiated in Pool 8. Data collection was entirely funded by the navigation studies and reporting of the data was begun under this task. (3) The report on summary bathymetric data in the study reaches scheduled for FY 1996 has been combined with the comparative analysis of morphometry (Task 1.3.2.4, Work Unit H). Graphics and databases needed for the comparative report were completed and are available. Report writing was begun. This report will contain bathymetric (i.e., hypsographic curves, storage capacity) and other morphometric (i.e., surface area, shoreline development) information summarized by pool, aquatic area, and selected backwater lakes in Pools 4, 8, 13, and 26. The report was not completed in FY 1996 because efforts were redirected toward the sediment range report and the expanded focus of the comparative report. Funding Allocation: $22.5K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: A draft report on morphometry of Pools 4, 8, 13, and 26 and a draft report on sedimentation rates in Pool 8 since impoundment will be completed. (POC: J. Rogala) Funding Allocation: $66.8K
Task
2.2.1.6--Evaluate and Refine Experimental Design (Monitor and Evaluate Floodplain
Elevation)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: (1) A draft of methods for bathymetry surveys as related to spatial database development was completed and reviewed. Reviewers suggested separating procedures for data collection from the GIS procedures. Therefore, the procedures must be rewritten. (2) Both the bathymetric surveys and the sediment ranges surveys have undergone changes in procedures over the last 2 years. The changes have not yet been incorporated in published documents. Funding Allocation: $11.3K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: A draft procedures document for bathymetric surveys and a draft procedures document for sediment range surveys will be completed. (POC: J. Rogala and P. Boma) Funding Allocation: $13.3K
Task
2.2.2.3--Obtain Current Data (Water Elevation)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Completed the acquisition of 1995 daily water levels and discharge data. Initiated QA/QC of data. Internet access to data by partners was provided. See Goal 3 for other products. Final report published--Wlosinski, J. H., D. E. Hansen, and S. R. Hagedorn. 1995. Long Term Resource Monitoring Program procedures: Water surface elevation and discharge. National Biological Service, Environmental Management Technical Center, Onalaska, Wisconsin, August 1995. LTRMP 95-P002-4. 9 pp. + Appendixes A-O. Funding Allocation: $19.5K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: The 1996 data increment will be obtained and added to the LTRMP discharge and water surface elevation databases. (POC: J. Wlosinski and D. Hansen) Funding Allocation: $17.1K
Task 2.2.3.3--Obtain
Historical Monitoring Data (Monitor Water Quality)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Water plant data were assembled and analyzed jointly with Task 1.3.2.4, Work Unit N. Funding Allocation: $7.9K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: FY 1997 efforts will focus on assembling tributary nutrient and sediment data. This is a cost-shared effort with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). An expert workshop will be conducted and a planning-action document will be produced. Initial stages of data identification and retrieval will be completed. An increment of loading data will be calculated for sites monitored by LTRMP. A progress report will describe status of the Task at the end of FY 1997. (POC: D. Soballe) Funding Allocation: $11.8K
Task 2.2.3.4,
Work Unit A--Collect Water Quality Samples
FY 1996 Accomplishments: About 7,000 field observations were made and about 30,000 samples were submitted to the EMTC Laboratory for chemical analysis. Annual data increment was added to the LTRMP database and made available to the public by means of the Internet. Funding Allocation: $1,040.2K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: Verification of 1996 data will be completed in FY 1997. The annual increment of about 6,000 field observations and about 16,000 analytical samples will be collected. (POC: D. Soballe) Funding Allocation: $1,022.0K
Task 2.2.3.4,
Work Unit B--Analyze Water Quality Samples
FY 1996 Accomplishments: About 30,000 field samples were analyzed for plant nutrients, suspended solids, and major cations and anions for a total of about 55,000 chemical determinations. The annual data increment was added to the LTRMP database. Funding Allocation: $164.6K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: An annual increment of analytical measurements will be completed. (POC: D. Soballe) Funding Allocation: $154.9K
Task 2.2.3.4,
Work Unit C--Automate Collection and Tracking (Water Quality)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Implementation of the integrated Laboratory Information System continued. Sample-tracking software and instrument interface modules are now in place for the highest volume analysis (suspended sediments). These packages intercept more than 100 of the most common data errors. Funding Allocation: $39.2K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: Additional automation modules will be put in place. Additional data acquisition modules for the laboratory will be installed. Enhancements to the Field Station software will be completed. (POC: D. Soballe) Funding Allocation: $23.6K
Task 2.2.3.4,
Work Unit D--Train Water Quality Teams
FY 1996 Accomplishments: EMTC and Field Station Water Quality Teams were trained in the use of LTRMP monitoring equipment (multiparameter monitors and handheld computers), data tracking and acquisition software, and in LTRMP QA/QC procedures. Funding Allocation: $12.6K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: Annual increment of training will be completed. (POC: D. Soballe) Funding Allocation: $2.2K
Task 2.2.3.4,
Work Unit E--Monitor Zooplankton Abundance at Selected Water Quality Sites
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Lake City Field Station staff monitored zooplankton in Lake Pepin during LTRMP fixed-site and stratified-random sampling efforts and produced an annual increment of zooplankton monitoring data. (POC: W. Popp) Funding Allocation: $7.5K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: N/A
Task 2.2.3.4,
Work Unit F--Participate in the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Study
of Phosphorus Loading to Lake Pepin
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Lake City Field Station participated in a cooperative study of Lake Pepin. During LTRMP sampling, the Lake City water quality team collected depth-integrated (2-m) water samples, along with temperature/dissolved oxygen profiles, at 12 sites on Lake Pepin on alternate weeks from May through September. An annual increment of water quality data for Lake Pepin was produced. (POC: W. Popp) Funding Allocation: $7.4K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: N/A
Task 2.2.3.4,
Work Unit G--Participate in Study of Spatial Variations in Water Quality
Indicators of Lake Pepin
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Lake City Field Station participated in a joint study of Lake Pepin by collecting surface water quality samples at random sites along transects established every mile along the length of Lake Pepin. The purpose of this sampling was to relate spatial variations in phytoplankton biomass to limnological gradients in the lake. (POC: W. Popp) Funding Allocation: $7.4K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: N/A
Task 2.2.3.4,
Work Unit H--Collect Sediment Density Information at Water Quality Sampling
Sites
FY 1996 Accomplishments: (1) Sediment penetrometers were provided to the Field Stations to perform sediment measurements in UMRS backwaters during episodes of stratified random sampling for water quality. This was an unsatisfactory method for sediment data collection because the additional time required for the sampling was considered excessive during the water quality sampling; and (2) initial annual increment to sediment density data for LTRMP pools. Funding Allocation: $12.6K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: All activities for this Task have been moved to Task 2.2.5.3, Work Unit C, for FY 1997. (POC: R. Gaugush)
Task 2.2.3.4,
Work Unit I--Commence Processing of Archived Phytoplankton Samples
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Initial processing (sample concentration) of about 20% of the phytoplankton samples stored at EMTC was completed. Software to assist in the organization and inventory of samples was implemented. Compositing of samples was not performed since a more effective approach, sample concentration, was found. Sample analysis was not performed because of the loss of EMTC personnel. Funding Allocation: $12.6K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: An initial increment of phytoplankton analyses will be performed. (POC: D. Soballe) Funding Allocation: $1.2K
Task 2.2.3.5--Evaluate
and Summarize Historical Data (Monitor Water Quality)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: No work was scheduled for this Task in 1996.
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: This is a cost-shared effort with the EPA. Initial nutrient loading estimates for the Upper Mississippi River and its tributaries (developed in Task 2.2.3.3) will be evaluated and discussed in the progress report included under Task 2.2.3.3. (POC: D. Soballe) Funding Allocation: $14.7K
Task 2.2.3.6--Summarize
Results (Monitor Water Quality)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Planned efforts on this Task in FY 1996 were supplanted by efforts on the multiyear trend report. Funding Allocation: $81.3K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: The FY 1993-1994 (2-year) Field Station summaries will be complete (to the final draft stage). In addition, the FY 1995-1996 2-year summaries will be completed to the revised draft stage. (POC: D. Soballe) Funding Allocation: $70.8K
Task 2.2.3.7--Evaluate
Design (Monitor Water Quality)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Planned efforts on this Task in FY 1996 were supplanted by efforts on the multiyear trend report. Funding Allocation: $26.9K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: An evaluation of the data being obtained by the revised sampling network will be completed. Analysis of the 1993-1996 sampling data will be completed. Evaluation of potential modifications to the design based on the analysis and discussions with field teams will be completed. (POC: D. Soballe) Funding Allocation: $9.3K
Task 2.2.3.8--Evaluate
and Summarize Multiyear Trends (Monitor Water Quality)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: The draft multiyear trend report was completed and sent for external review. External reviewer comments were received and incorporated into a final draft. Costs associated with this effort were accounted for under Task 2.2.3.6.
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: A final, published version of the multiyear trend report for LTRMP limnology will be completed. (POC: D. Soballe and N. Hildrum) Funding Allocation: $6.5K
Task 2.2.4.3--Obtain
and Evaluate Historical Information (Monitor and Evaluate Aquatic and Terrestrial
Vegetation)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Continued database development with volunteer support.
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: GIS databases will be created from Mississippi River Commission Survey maps for Pools 5-7, 17, 18, 20, 21, and Open River. The GIS databases for General Land Office Original Land Survey data for La Grange Pool will be developed. (POC: L. Robinson and T. Owens) Funding Allocation: $8.1K
Task 2.2.4.4,
Work Unit A--Produce Spatial Vegetation Databases
FY 1996 Accomplishments: (1) Developed high accuracy spatial databases for the following areas in Pool 8 for 1975 and 1991-1995: Submersed vegetation, Lower Pool 8, Target Lake, Round Lake, Lawrence Lake, and Lower Goose Island. With interpreted photography available for 1975 and 1995, we added these years to the Pool 8 study areas. The year 1975 proved time-consuming because of a larger scale (1:9,600, almost doubling the number of photos required to cover area at 1:15,000), and new control point generation (many current control points either did not exist in 1975 or were unidentifiable, such as a tree isolated now being in a forest in 1975). On the basis of the experience gained in creating highly accurate databases, a meeting was held in FY 1996 with the Field Station vegetation specialists to discuss accomplishments to date and future plans; and (2) aquatic areas spatial databases completed in FY 1996: Pools 6, 9, 10, 11, 18, 21, and 22. Funding Allocation: $67.9K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: On the basis of the experience gained in creating highly accurate databases, a meeting was held in FY 1996 with the Field Station vegetation specialists to discuss accomplishments to date and future plans. A schedule was agreed on at that meeting for completion of the following areas: Big Lake, Peterson Lake, and Robinson Lake in Pool 4 for 1975 (dependent on locating photography), 1989, 1991-1995, Potters Marsh in Pool 13 for 1991-1995, and Lake Chautauqua in the La Grange Pool for 1991-1995. Collect and maintain GPS control point database for study areas. Complete submergent vegetation databases for Pools 4 and 13 for 1991-1994. Aquatic areas spatial databases planned for FY 1997: 12, 14, 15, 16, 20, and 24. In addition, a review of the vegetation mapping program will be conducted. A report will be completed by July 1 with recommendations for the future course of aerial photography, remote sensing, and vegetation mapping. (POC: L. Robinson, T. Owens, R. Tyser, J. Ruhser, and J. Diecks) Funding Allocation: $126.8K
Task 2.2.4.4,
Work Unit B--Continued Development of the UMRS Land Cover/Use GIS Database
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Completed 1989 land cover/use spatial databases for Pools 9, 10, 12, 14-16, and 20, with non-LTRMP funding provided by the COE.
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: Develop 1989 land cover/use spatial databases for Pool 22 on the Mississippi River and the Peoria Pool on the Illinois River. Additional land cover/use mapping will be dependent upon additional support from Program partners. An author's revised draft of a trend report for Pools 8 and 26 for the years 1989 and 1994 will be completed. (POC: L. Robinson and T. Owens) Funding Allocation: $10.8K
Task 2.2.4.5,
Work Unit A--Conduct Annual Monitoring (Aquatic Vegetation)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: (1) Annual increment of vegetation monitoring; (2) annual (1995) increment of aquatic vegetation data was added to the trend analysis database; and (3) completed aerial photography of Pools 4-10, 13, 17, and 22 and lower 6 miles of Pool 21, Chautauqua Lake, Rice Lake, and Peoria Lake. Unable to complete lower 6 miles of Pools 24-26, Swan Lake, and Sangenois Wildlife Area because of poor weather, distance to lower pools, and scheduling problems with FWS pilot. Funding Allocation: $627.3K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: (1) Annual increment of vegetation monitoring, (2) annual (1996) increment of aquatic vegetation data will be added to the trend analysis database, and (3) obtain aerial photos of key pools and miscellaneous areas as requested by LTRMP scientists and partners. We will contract with aerial photo firms from St. Louis to photograph southern areas to avoid the problems encountered in FY 1996. (POC: S. Rogers and T. Owens) Funding Allocation: $464.5K
Task 2.2.4.5,
Work Unit B--Conduct Annual Monitoring (Terrestrial Vegetation)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: A manuscript documenting flood-induced changes in the forest community since 1993 was submitted to a scientific journal. A manuscript entitled "Flooding and forest succession in a regulated stretch along the Upper Mississippi River" was submitted to the Regulated Rivers: Research & Management in July 1996.
Yin, Y., K. C. Lubinski, and C. Korschgen. 1996. Flooding disturbance and floodplain forest succession in the Upper Mississippi River. Pages 33-35 in Volume 1. Proceedings Rivertech96: 1st International Conference on New/Emerging Concepts for Rivers, Chicago, Illinois, September 22-26, 1996.
Yin, Y. J., C. Nelson, and K. L. Lubinski. 1997. Bottomland hardwood forests along the Upper Mississippi River. Natural Areas Journal. (In press)
Wiener, J., T. Naimo, C. E. Korschgen, R. Dahlgren, J. Sauer, K. Lubinski, S. Rogers, and S. Brewer. 1995. Biota of the Upper Mississippi River ecosystem. Pages 236-239 in E. T. LaRoe, G. S. Farris, C. E. Puckett, P. D. Doran, and M. J. Mac, editors. Our living resources: A report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U.S. plants, animals, and ecosystems. U.S. National Biological Service, Washington, D.C. Funding Allocation: $86.0K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: Two permanent monitoring sites were established at each key LTRMP monitoring reach in FY 1996. The survival of seedlings and dispersal of seeds of woody species will be monitored monthly from April to December. A manuscript to be submitted to open literature or a LTRMP technical report will be developed. A 1-year increment of data will be collected. (POC: Y. Yin) Funding Allocation: $100.1K
Task 2.2.4.6,
Work Unit A--Evaluate and Summarize Annual Results (Aquatic Vegetation)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Three manuscripts were prepared or published:
Spink, A. J., and S. R. Rogers. 1997. The effects of the record flood of 1993 on the vegetation of the Upper Mississippi River System: Some preliminary findings. Hydrobiologia. (In press)
Rogers, S. R., and A. J. Spink. 1996. Effects of the 1993 flood on submersed aquatic vegetation of the Upper Mississippi River System. [Under review with Regulated Rivers]
Wiener, J., T. Naimo, C. E. Korschgen, R. Dahlgren, J. Sauer, K. Lubinski, S. Rogers, and S. Brewer. 1995. Biota of the Upper Mississippi River ecosystem. Pages 236-239 in E. T. LaRoe, G. S. Farris, C. E. Puckett, P. D. Doran, and M. J. Mac, editors. Our living resources: A report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U.S. plants, animals, and ecosystems. U.S. National Biological Service, Washington, D.C.
Reports for 1991-1994 were not completed because time was devoted to the multiyear trend report and to the flood reports. Funding Allocation: $44.7K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: (1) Annual increment reports for the years 1991-1994 will be completed, and (2) the 1995 and 1996 data will be summarized and draft reports will be completed. (POC: S. Rogers) Funding Allocation: $67.3K
Task 2.2.4.6,
Work Unit B--Terrestrial Vegetation (Summarize Results)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Three manuscripts were prepared or published.
Yin, Y., K. C. Lubinski, and C. Korschgen. 1996. Flooding disturbance and floodplain forest succession in the Upper Mississippi River. Pages 33-35 in Volume 1. Proceedings of Rivertech96: 1st International Conference on New/Emerging Concepts for Rivers, Chicago, Illinois, September 22-26, 1996.
Yin, Y., J. C. Nelson, and K. L. Lubinski. 1996. Bottomland hardwood forests along the Upper Mississippi River. Natural Areas Journal. (In press)
Wiener, J., T. Naimo, C. E. Korschgen, R. Dahlgren, J. Sauer, K. Lubinski, S. Rogers, and S. Brewer. 1995. Biota of the Upper Mississippi River ecosystem. Pages 236-239 in E. T. LaRoe, G. S. Farris, C. E. Puckett, P. D. Doran, and M. J. Mac, editors. Our living resources: A report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U.S. plants, animals, and ecosystems. U.S. National Biological Service, Washington, D.C. Funding Allocation: $26.8K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: A manuscript entitled "Estimating inundation-induced tree mortality" will be prepared (open literature or a LTRMP technical report). (POC: Y. Yin) Funding Allocation: $25.7K
Task 2.2.4.6,
Work Unit C--Vegetation Colonization of New Terrestrial Areas
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Final report was deferred to FY 1997 because extra time was needed for analysis of hydrologic data.
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: Final report will be completed. Funding provided in previous fiscal years. (POC: W. Popp)
Task 2.2.4.6,
Work Unit D--Analysis of 1989-1994 Vegetation Changes in Mississippi River
Pool 8
FY 1996 Accomplishments: This work was completed by a University of Wisconsin-La Crosse professor on sabbatical leave. Analysis and maps were completed for the Pool 8 dynamic areas. Funding Allocation: $14.0K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: A manuscript will be submitted to a peer-reviewed journal that discusses the trends and proposes hypotheses to explain the changes in the Pool 8 dynamic areas. (POC: R. Tyser and T. Owens) Funding Allocation: $12.3K
Task 2.2.4.7--Evaluate
and Refine Sampling Design
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Additional fieldwork was conducted for evaluation of monitoring design. Funding Allocation: $5.5K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: Evaluation of monitoring design will continue. (POC: S. Rogers) Funding Allocation: $11.2K
Task 2.2.5.3,
Work Unit A--Sediment Budgets of LTRMP Study Pools: A U.S. Geological Survey
Cooperative Effort
FY 1996 Accomplishments: (1) Completed second annual increment of sediment budget data for Pool 13 and La Grange Pool, and (2) draft of the first interim report describing the sediment budgets for the 1995 water year was nearly completed. Funding Allocation: $192.9K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: (1) First interim report describing the sediment budgets for the 1995 water year to be completed in the second quarter of FY 1997. (2) Second interim report describing the sediment budgets for the 1996 water year to be completed in the last quarter of FY 1997. (3) Third (and final) annual increment of sediment budget data for Pool 13 and La Grange Pool will be completed. (4) Pools 8 and 26 have been chosen for the second round of pool-scale sediment budget sampling. The effort will consist of site reconnaissance and implementation of gaging sites in Pools 8 and 26. FY 1997 will be needed to prepare gaging sites on the Mississippi River above and below Pools 8 and 26 and tributaries to Pool 8 (Black River, Root River, and La Crosse River) and Pool 26 (Cuivre River and Illinois River). (POC: R. Gaugush) Funding Allocation: $146.2K
Task 2.2.5.3,
Work Unit B--Data Identification and Compilation
FY 1996 Accomplishments: (1) Sediment Transport/Geomorphology Working Group was not reconvened because the data identification step had not proceeded sufficiently to warrant their meeting. (2) Automated catalog of the data found in map files of the St. Paul District was produced. (3) A spatial metadata inventory is being developed. Rebecca Seal (WES Hydraulic Laboratory) has prepared an inventory of St. Paul District information holdings pertinent to river geomorphology. (4) Completed draft annotated bibliography of research literature on Mississippi River geomorphology. (5) Trial studies were initiated to examine from a spatial perspective the relations between watershed characteristics (such as soil types, slope, and land use) and sediment and nutrient loading from the watershed's tributary. Funding Allocation: $73.1K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: (1) Rebecca Seal will prepare an inventory of information holdings at the Rock Island District. Dan Wilcox will transfer those inventories (St. Paul and Rock Island Districts) to EMTC. (2) Spatial study examining watershed and loading relations will continue with a progress report to be produced. (3) Complete final report--Annotated bibliography of research literature on Mississippi River geomorphology. (POC: D. Wilcox and R. Gaugush) Funding Allocation: $31.6K
Task 2.2.5.3,
Work Unit C--Acquiring Sediment Type and Distribution Data
FY 1996 Accomplishments: (1) Surficial sediment characteristics in Pools 4 and 8, Upper Mississippi River (Rogala 1996), (2) penetrometer data for Pool 13, and (3) initial annual increment to sediment penetrometer data collected by LTRMP field crews. See also FY 1996 Accomplishments under Task 2.2.3.4, Work Unit H. Funding Allocation: $74.8K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: (1) Changes made in the sampling design used to collect sediment data will be reflected in the Procedures Manual (Task 1.2.1.4), (2) additional sediment penetrometers to be provided to the Field Stations to perform sediment measurements in UMRS backwaters in spring or fall, and (3) annual increment of sediment penetrometer data in LTRMP pools to be collected by Field Stations. (POC: R. Gaugush and J. Rogala) Funding Allocation: $61.0K
Task 2.2.7.2--Establish
Experimental Design (Monitor and Evaluate Selected Macroinvertebrate Populations
and Communities)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Experimental design was evaluated and no revisions were required to the LTRMP Procedures Manual (Thiel and Sauer 1995). Funding Allocation: $10.5K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: No revisions planned for the LTRMP Procedures Manual (Thiel and Sauer 1995). We will initiate development of a mussel monitoring strategy. A report describing mussel monitoring design options and recommendations will be written. The report will be developed by EMTC and La Grange Field Station staff and include objectives, methods, and numbers of quantitative samples that could be realistically expected given a range of available resources. A cost-sharing alternative that includes management agency assistance with field sample recording will be described. The report will also include recommendations for data archiving and reporting. (POC: J. Sauer and D. Blodgett) Funding Allocation: $5.0K
Task 2.2.7.3--Conduct
Annual Monitoring (Monitor and Evaluate Selected Macroinvertebrate Populations
and Communities)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Annual increment of 1996 data added to the LTRMP database and made available to the public through the Internet. Funding Allocation: $261.5K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: Annual increment (1997) of invertebrate database. (POC: J. Sauer) Funding Allocation: $134.3K
Task 2.2.7.4--Evaluate
and Summarize Annual Results (Monitor and Evaluate Selected Macroinvertebrate
Populations and Communities)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Drafts of 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996 annual status reports were completed. Funding Allocation: $43.7K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: (1) Publish LTRMP annual status reports for 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996; and (2) draft report--historical evaluation of selected macroinvertebrates in LTRMP study reaches. (POC: J. Sauer) Funding Allocation: $14.3K
Task 2.2.7.5--Evaluate
and Refine Experimental Design (Macroinvertebrates)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Author's draft of multiyear synthesis report was distributed for review.
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: Finalize and publish LTRMP multiyear synthesis report. (POC: J. Sauer) Funding Allocation: $6.9K
Task 2.2.7.6--Evaluate
and Summarize 5-year Trends
FY 1996 Accomplishments: No work was scheduled for this Task in 1996.
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: A 4-year tend report was initiated in FY 1995. Revisions and publication will be concluded in FY 1997. (POC: J. Sauer) Funding Allocation: $6.9K
Task 2.2.8.3--Conduct
Annual Monitoring (Monitor and Evaluate Fish Communities, Guilds, and Populations)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Collected annual increment of fish monitoring data. Funding Allocation: $861.7K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: Complete annual increment of fish monitoring data. (POC: R. Burkhardt) Funding Allocation: $1,035.9K
Task 2.2.8.4--Evaluate
and Summarize the Results (Monitor and Evaluate Fish Communities, Guilds,
and Populations)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Completed draft annual status reports for 1991-1994. Funding Allocation: $50.1K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: Annual status reports for 1995 and 1996 will be completed. (POC: R. Burkhardt) Funding Allocation: $65.0K
Task 2.2.8.5--Evaluate
and Refine Experimental Design (Monitor and Evaluate Fish Communities, Guilds,
and Populations)
Objective: During FY 1995, initial data were collected to compare electroshocking yield from equipment and methods used by the LTRMP, Illinois Department of Natural Resources Boundary Rivers Program, and the Long-Term Illinois River Fish Population Monitoring Program (a Federal Aid to Sportfish Restoration project of the Fish and Wildlife Service, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, and the Illinois Natural History Survey). The major purpose of this effort was to evaluate the comparability of data collected by these different programs in an attempt to increase the spatial and temporal scales through the combined analysis of all three datasets.
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Evaluation of the fish experimental design was not accomplished because of the increased effort on multiyear report. Collected data were entered, verified, and summarized. Funding Allocation: $13.5K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: A report documenting the evaluation of the fish experimental design will be completed. As time permits, data will be analyzed to determine the validity and methods of analyzing these combined datasets. As appropriate, a report or plan for further investigation will be prepared. (POC: R. Burkhardt and D. Blodgett) Funding Allocation: $25.3K
Task 2.2.8.6--Evaluate
and Summarize Multiyear Trends (Monitor and Evaluate Fish Communities, Guilds,
and Populations)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Year trend report was distributed for review.
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: Multiyear trend report will be completed. (POC: R. Burkhardt) Funding Allocation: $15.0K
Strategy 2.2.9--Monitor
and Evaluate Wildlife
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Presentations were made by Barry Drazkowski and Carl Korschgen to the UMRCC Wildlife Technical Section on potential integrated wildlife monitoring by partner agencies. This effort was supported by extramural funding.
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: EMTC staff will present responses to the UMRCC Wildlife Technical Section's information needs at the March 1997 meeting. We will also present alternatives for increasing our scientific attention to wildlife resources given the future budget outlook at that time. This effort was supported by extramural funding. (POC: K. Lubinski)
Task 2.2.10.4--Evaluate
and Summarize Results (Monitor and Evaluate Public Use)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: (1) Comprehensive Recreation Management Plan (CRMP) GIS data layers for boat access points and marinas were completed for the Illinois River. Data were being verified by Illinois Department of Natural Resources, and (2) beaches and speed zones were completed for Pools 3-10 on Mississippi River. Funding Allocation: $12.1K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: EMTC will support the CRMP effort on an as-needed basis. (POC: N. Hildrum) Funding Allocation: $5.3K
Task 2.3.1.1--Develop
Multicomponent Trend Models
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Delays in analyzing and reporting individual component trend data prevented the development of multicomponent trend models and recommendations in FY 1996. Funding Allocation: $24.4K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: Cross component meetings will be scheduled to review trend analyses and generate hypotheses about component interrelationships. Recommendations for modifying selected aspects of monitoring designs beginning in 1998 will be developed. (POC: K. Lubinski) Funding Allocation: $4.1K
Task 2.3.1.2,
Work Unit A--Integration of Component Data with GIS (Multicomponent Syntheses)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: An enhanced workstation version of the integration application, based on user feedback, is complete. A draft version of the user's guide for the workstation version is complete and in the review process. A beta PC version of integration tool is 80% complete. Funding Allocation: $47.0K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: Completion of beta version of PC tool and distribution to beta test group. Enhanced version of PC integration tool based on beta test group comments. Final user's guide for PC version of integration tool. Annual updating of databases for workstation and PC versions. Planning and research for incorporation of the vegetation component into the workstation and PC versions of the tool. (POC: D. Olsen and T. Owens) Funding Allocation: $24.5K
Task 2.3.1.2,
Work Unit B--Spatial Analysis: Pool 26 Pilot Project (Multicomponent Syntheses)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Spatial database of 1994 land cover/use for Pool 26 was complete. Analysis and a poster was completed. The poster was presented at the National Landscape Ecology Conference in Minneapolis and at the MRRC in La Crosse. Funding Allocation: $47.0K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: Status report will be completed. (POC: T. Owens) Funding Allocation: $4.0K
Task 2.3.1.2,
Work Unit C, Linking Spatial Data to Informal Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
(SAV) Surveys to Monitor Trends on SAV in Pool 8 (Multicomponent Syntheses)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Spatial databases were begun for Pools 4 and 13. A portion of the analysis was completed. Scheduled report was not completed because time was allocated to multiyear trend report. Funding Allocation: $24.3K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: Complete spatial databases for Pools 4 and 13 as listed under Task 2.2.4.4, Work Unit A (June 1) and complete the scientific report for Pool 8 originally scheduled in FY 1996. (POC: S. Rogers and T. Owens) Funding Allocation: $5.3K
Task 2.3.1.2,
Work Unit E--Systematic Changes in Land-Water Boundaries: 1970s, 1980s,
1990s (Multicomponent Syntheses)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: No work was completed because of vacant GIS/Remote Sensing Analyst position.
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: Completion of products contingent on filling vacant GIS/Remote Sensing Analyst position. (POC: T. Owens) Funding Allocation: $64.6K
Task 2.3.1.2,
Work Unit G--Status and Trends Report
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Unanticipated delays in completing necessary analyses and the need for senior staff to devote time to planning for alternative future budget reductions delayed the production of this report until FY 1997. Funding Allocation: $25.0K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: Complete the Status and Trends report. In addition, an abbreviated version of this report, for inclusion as a chapter in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Environmental Management Program (EMP) Report to Congress, will be developed. (POC: K. Lubinski and N. Hildrum) Funding Allocation: $17.1K
Task 2.3.1.3--Conduct
Multidisciplinary Studies (Multicomponent Syntheses)
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Three separate presentations were made at the MRRC. Four separate reports were submitted for inclusion in the COE final Pool 7 Islands Report: (1) Burkhardt, R. W. 1996. Ichthyoplankton differences among selected backwaters within Pools 7 and 8, Mississippi River, during 1994 and 1995; (2) Burkhardt, R. W. 1996. Habitat heterogeneity and fish species richness in the Upper Mississippi River System; (3) Burkhardt, R. W. 1996. Combined 1994 and 1995 larval fish study annual reports; (4) Hefti, T., and R. Burkhardt. 1996. Zooplankton differences among selected backwaters within Pools 7 and 8, Mississippi River, during 1995; and (5) benthic macroinvertebrate data were collected in lower Pool 8. Funding Allocation: $55.1K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: Data collection will continue in FY 1997. A report on modeling fingernail clam distributions in Pools 7 and 8 will be completed. (POC: R. Burkhardt) Funding Allocation: $27.7K
Task 2.3.2.1--Evaluate
Value of Component Data
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Collaborative review and valuation among scientists and managers of component data began with a full day of presentations by EMTC and Field Station staff at the fall 1995 meeting of the combined Technical Sections of the Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee. Most Analysis Team members participated in this meeting. The meeting was successful in educating river fish and wildlife managers about what is being monitored, how, and our early observations. Additional discussion included the management information needs and expectations process begun the previous year. Because of delays in reporting results in the multiyear trend reports, the second Scientific Review Committee meeting was rescheduled for FY 1997 Funding for this Task was supported by existing allocations to the various resource monitoring components.
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: Multiyear observations and results from all monitoring and research areas will be presented at Management Review and Scientific Review Committee meetings. Results will also be presented and discussed with full Field Station staffs at winter component planning meetings. An extended effort to determine the value of each type of monitoring data will begin. This effort will be driven by several forces: reviews of data collected over several years (the purpose of the reviews is to identify ways of increasing sampling efficiency), potential budget cuts (cuts requiring changes to monitoring strategies should be based on scientific analysis), and recommendations of the Scientific Review Committee (the recommendations may involve some Program changes). We will work with the UMRCC Coordinator and Executive Board to arrange for management information needs and expectations to be provided to the EMTC during regular Technical Section's meetings. (POC: K. Lubinski) Funding Allocation: $17.1K
Task 2.3.2.2--Modify
Components or Design
FY 1996 Accomplishments: Only minor changes to monitoring designs were implemented in FY 1996. These changes were implemented by component specialists at EMTC and the Field Stations through normal communications and at the winter component plannings. Changes were recorded, as necessary, by updating the component Procedures Manual. Funding Allocation: $24.6K
Scheduled FY 1997 Activities and Products: Recommendations, based on analyses of the multiyear component data, suggestions of the Science Review Committee, and component strategy development exercises, for continuing or changing monitoring designs will be presented to the Analysis Team in a draft report. The recommendations will target changes that need to be implemented beginning in the 1998 sampling year. (POC: K. Lubinski) Funding Allocation: $2.9K