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Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee

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Wildlife

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Wildlife Technical Section

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Focus areas have included migratory bird management strategies, teaming up with wildlife, conservation provisions, and the Department of Agriculture’s Conservation Reserve Program in the Upper Mississippi River (UMR).

The committee also co-sponsored the UMR nongame and UMR wildlife strategies workshops. Current efforts focus on systemic forestry needs, quantification of the indirect impacts to wildlife associated with the continued operation, and maintenance of the navigation channel.

Current Priorities

  • Vegetation sampling in the UMR
USACE Systemic Forest Stewardship Plan (PDF)

Ad Hoc Committees

Vegetation Ad Hoc

The Vegetation Ad Hoc Committee started in 1995 focusing on identifying sampling methods, research, response to water level drawdowns, and dredge material placement sites. The committee currently implements an annual aquatic sampling plan in up to two pools of the UMR to quantify if aquatic vegetation objectives are being met in UMR habitat projects.  In 2016, terrestrial and bottomland forest vegetation were included.  In 2016 the committee established a database for data storage and visualization.

Resources

Meetings

  • Spring 2021 Meeting Minutes (PDF, 97 KB)
  • Spring 2021 Agenda (PDF, 138 KB)
  • Fall 2020 Agenda (PDF, 147 KB)

Strategic Documents

State Representatives

  • Missouri: Ryan Kelly
  • Illinois: Jeff Horn
  • Iowa: Curt Kemmerer
  • Wisconsin: Brenda Kelly
  • Minnesota: Brandon Schad

Additional Online Resources

  • UMRCC Vegetation Data
  • Aquatic Vegetation Sampling Protocol
  • Aquatic Vegetation

UMRCC Partnership

The UMRCC is supported by natural resource management agencies in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri.     

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UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
UMRCC Coordinator Neal Jackson
Large Rivers Coordination Office
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
292 San Diego Road
Carbondale, Illinois 62901

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