Report card Water supply

Supply abundant, clean water to our farms, communities and businesses Flood Control

Provide reliable flood control and risk reduction Economy

Support local, state and national economies Ecosystems

Support and enhance healthy and productive ecosystems Recreation

Create world class recreational opportunities Transportation

Serve as the nation’s most valuable river transportation corridor Six Broad Goals for Watershed Built in the Basins

The Mississippi River Watershed covers all or part of 2 Canadian provinces and 31 states. More than half the goods and services consumed by U.S. citizens are produced with water that flows through this great watershed. Upper Mississippi River Basin

∗Upper Mississippi River Basin Association (UMBRA) ∗Ingram Barge -- Dan Mecklenborg ∗State of Illinois EPA Water Office ∗National Park Service Mississippi National River & Recreation Area ∗The Nature Conservancy – NA Freshwater, Upper Mississippi River program ∗Iowa Soybean Association – Roger Wolf

Ohio River Basin

∗ Ohio River Basin Alliance ∗ ORSANCO ∗ USACE –Nashville, Louisville ∗ Tennessee Valley Authority ∗ The Nature Conservancy– Ohio & Tennessee Chapters, Great Rivers Partnership

Lower Mississippi River Basin

* Lower Mississippi River Conservation Commission ∗America’s Wetland Foundation ∗The Nature Conservancy - North American Freshwater program, Ohio Chapter, Tennessee Chapter ∗Ingram Barge ∗USACE ∗AECOM - Steve Mathies

Arkansas River & Red River

∗USACE – Col. Pratt (Tulsa), Col. Paul (Little Rock) ∗Oklahoma Water Resources Board ∗Texas Water Development Board ∗Red River Valley Association ∗State of Kansas Water Office ∗The Nature Conservancy - Oklahoma North Chapter

Missouri River Basin

∗MRRIC members ∗MORAST ∗State of Kansas Water Office ∗USACE NWD ∗The Nature Conservancy - Nebraska Chapter & Western Dakotas program ∗State of Wyoming Engineer’s office – Sue Lowry ∗AWI Steering committee – Dru Buntin

Participant Affiliations

Organizations Academic institutions ∗Association State of Floodplain Managers ∗Audubon Louisiana/National Audubon Society ∗ University of Arkansas Water Resources Center ∗Big Creek Middle Smokey Hill River Watersheds ∗ University of Iowa - Iowa Flood Center ∗Big River Coalition ∗ Iowa State University ∗Cheney Lake Watershed, Inc. ∗ Kansas State University ∗Delta Wildlife Inc. ∗ Marshall University ∗Ducks Unlimited ∗ Mississippi State University ∗ EDF – Environmental Defense Fund ∗ National Great Rivers Research & Education Center ∗Electric Power Research Institute ∗ Northern Kentucky University ∗Grand Lake O' the Cherokees Watershed Alliance Foundation ∗ ∗Izaak Walton League of America (UMR, MO) Ohio University OHRB Consortium for Research & Education ∗Lake Texoma Association ∗ ∗Missouri Coalition for the Environment Oklahoma State Water Resources Center ∗Missouri River Navigation Caucus & Pallid Sturgeon Recovery ∗ Thomas More College Working Group ∗ Tulane University, Institute on Water Resources Law & ∗Missouri Valley Waterfowlers Association Policy ∗Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District ∗ Texas A&M Transportation Institute ∗National Waterways Conference ∗ University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff ∗Nebraska Wildlife Federation ∗ University of Queensland, Australia ∗North Dakota Water Users Association ∗ University of Maryland - IAN ∗ Ohio River Foundation ∗ University of Missouri ∗Ouachita River Valley Association ∗ University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Freight ∗ Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Infrastructure Research & Education ∗Red River Valley Association ∗Restore or Retreat, Inc. ∗State Association of Kansas Watersheds ∗The Nature Conservancy ∗Upper Mississippi, Illinois & Missouri Rivers Association ∗Waurika Master Conservancy District

Participant Affiliations, cont’d

Federal Agencies/Initiatives State Governments Local Governments

∗ USDA ∗AR Game & Fish Commission ∗ USF&WS ∗ Cherokee County Health ∗IA Dept. of Transportation ∗ ∗IL EPA Division of Public Water Supplies USGS Department ∗IL Dept. of Transportation-District ∗ EPA ∗ City of Moline, IL ∗Kansas Dept. of Health & Environment ∗ CEQ ∗Kansas Water Office ∗ Metropolitan Water Reclamation,∗KY Assn. of Mitigation Managers ∗ USACE ∗KY Dept. for Environmental Protection, Water Quality Branch District of Greater Chicago Divisions ∗KY Division of Water ∗ OK Municipal League ∗LA Dept. of Enviro Quality, Office of Enviro Services - MVD/MRC ∗MS Dept. of Environmental Quality, Office of Pollution Control - LRD ∗ Tulsa Port of Catoosa, OK ∗MT Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Districts ∗ND State Water Commission ∗ City of Dubuque, IA ∗ - Vicksburg NE DNR ∗OH Dept. of Natural Resources - Tulsa ∗OK Dept. of Ag, Food and Forestry - Rock Island ∗OK Dept. of Environmental Quality - Little Rock ∗OK Dept. of Mines - Huntington ∗OK Dept. of Transportation, Waterways Branch ∗OK Water Resources Board - Memphis ∗SD Dept. of Environmental Natural Resources - Louisville ∗SD Game, Fish and Parks ∗ MRRIC (leader) ∗TN Wildlife Resources Agency ∗TX Commission on Environmental Quality ∗ Oak Ridge National Lab ∗TX Water Development Board ∗WV DEP ∗WY State Engineer’s Office Water Resources Center Participant Affiliations, cont’d

Private By State – 23 + D.C.

Organizations/Businesses ∗Arkansas 5

∗Iowa 8 ∗ AECOM ∗Illinois 20 ∗ American Electric Power ∗Indiana 1 ∗ Anderson Tully Company ∗Kansas 11 ∗ Battelle ∗Kentucky 12 ∗ Biohabitats ∗Louisiana 7 ∗ Caterpillar, Inc. ∗Minnesota 4 ∗ Crounse Corporation ∗Missouri 6 ∗ Duke Energy ∗Mississippi 13 ∗ Fox Consulting Group LLC ∗Montana 1 ∗ Gulf Coastal Plains & Ozarks ∗No. Dakota 3 ∗ Headwaters Corporation ∗No. Carolina 1 ∗ Houston Engineering Inc. ∗Nebraska 7 ∗ Ingram Barge Marine Group ∗Ohio 18 ∗ Jones Walker ∗Oklahoma 23 ∗ Klingner & Associates, P.C. ∗South Dakota 4 ∗ Marathon Petroleum Company ∗Tennessee 26 ∗ MS River Corridor-Tennessee ∗Texas 3 ∗ National Corn Growers Association ∗Virginia 2 ∗ National Waterways Conference ∗Wisconsin 7 ∗ OK Cattlemen's Association ∗West Virginia 3 ∗ SIMPCO ∗Wyoming 1 ∗ Stanley Consultants ∗ Stantec Consulting

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