Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program Long Term Resource Monitoring

Habitat Needs Assessment‐II for the Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program: Linking Science to Management Perspectives

McCain, K.N.S., S. Schmuecker, and N.R. De Jager 2018. Habitat Needs Assessment‐II for the Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program: Linking Science to Management Perspectives. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, Rock Island, IL; https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getfile/collection/p266001coll1/id/8323

Abstract

This report combines data and surveys to evaluate how the existing conditions of the Upper Mississippi River compare to desired conditions identified by the UMRR partnership. The region’s resource managers (local experts) evaluated the twelve indicators from the Indicators Report, identified where existing conditions differ from desired conditions, and provided rankings on which indicators were most important to target for future restoration activities. Many indicators in the Upper, Middle, and Lower Impounded clusters were considered to be near desired conditions, though several indicators within the Open River cluster and Illinois River clusters differ greatly from desired conditions. The HNA-II and the Indicators Report will be utilized to help inform habitat restoration activities into the future as the UMRR Program seeks to achieve the vision and goals of this multi-agency partnership.

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