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Recommendations regarding water level management to achieve ecological goals in the Upper Mississippi River System

July 31, 2022

The Water Level Management Regional Coordinating Committee tasked an ad hoc group to employ structured decision making (SDM) practices to reach partnership agreement around a set of basic recommendations as to when, where, and why WLM should be used as an ecosystem restoration tool in the UMRS. Between April 2021 and August 2021, the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association (UMRBA; www.umrba.org) hosted a series of six virtual meetings for the ad hoc group to evaluate the issues, explore agency perspectives, and develop shared recommendations for WLM implementation. This report describes the process and outcomes of the SDM exercise.

Publication Year 2022
Title Recommendations regarding water level management to achieve ecological goals in the Upper Mississippi River System
Authors Patricia J. Heglund, Lauren Salvato, Danelle M. Larson, Aaron McFarlane
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype Organization Series
Index ID 70237178
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center