EMTC Strategic Plan with implementation objectives for the period 1998 2002 U.S. Geological Survey. 1998. Environmental Management Technical Center Strategic Plan with implementation objectives for the period 1998 2002. U.S. Geological Survey, Environmental Management Technical Center, Onalaska, Wisconsin, July 1998. LTRMP 98-P013. 32 pp. (NTIS #ADA355143) ABSTRACT The plan describes the strategic direction of the Environmental Management Technical Center will follow in the execution of the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program for 1998 through 2002 to the management partners, the scientific community, and the general public. It includes the center mission, vision, and guiding principles; goals and 5-year objectives; science capabilities, means of promoting quality science; processes for conducting science; and performance measures. The plan also describes forces that may influence success. The six goals are described in terms of the defining and performance objectives. KEYWORDS Environment, LTRMP, Mississippi River, program, river, science