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UMRR Long Term Resource Monitoring

The LTRM element is one of two components of the federally mandated Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program. A cooperative program between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the states of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin.

Long Term Resource Monitoring

Mission

Pool B aquatic vegetation.

The mission of the Long Term Resource Monitoring element is to support decision makers with the information and understanding needed to maintain the Upper Mississippi River System as a viable multiple-use river ecosystem.

Long Term Resource Monitoring

Upper Mississippi River Restoration (UMRR) Celebrates 35 Years of History and Partnership

Landscape view from the water at Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge
UMRR Celebrates 35 Years of History and Partnership (video)

Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program

ArcGIS Online website depicting submersed aquatic vegetation

The Upper Mississippi River Restoration (UMRR) Program, authorized by the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, was the first environmental restoration and monitoring program undertaken on a large river system in the United States.

Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program

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Rough Draft of Hydrogeomorphic Conceptual Model for UMRS

Hydrogeomorphic Classification and Conceptual Model

The overall objective of this study is to develop a hydrogeomorphic based conceptual model and hierarchical classification system for the UMRS. This model and classification system will build off the existing classification systems for the UMRS with a new aspect of potential for geomorphic change.
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Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
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Hydrogeomorphic Classification and Conceptual Model

The overall objective of this study is to develop a hydrogeomorphic based conceptual model and hierarchical classification system for the UMRS. This model and classification system will build off the existing classification systems for the UMRS with a new aspect of potential for geomorphic change.
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Silver and Bighead carp collected in the Illinois River.

CarpDAT Invasive Carp Data Catalog

Four types of invasive carp fish species are currently found in the United States: black, grass, silver, and bighead carps. These species are fast growing, prolific feeders that out-compete native fish species and drastically alter the natural ecosystems they invade.
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Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
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CarpDAT Invasive Carp Data Catalog

Four types of invasive carp fish species are currently found in the United States: black, grass, silver, and bighead carps. These species are fast growing, prolific feeders that out-compete native fish species and drastically alter the natural ecosystems they invade.
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Map depicting the estimated area suitable in hectares for submersed aquatic vegetation in pool 4

Understanding constraints on submersed vegetation distribution in a large, floodplain river: the role of water level fluctuations, water clarity and river geomorphology

Aquatic vegetation is a key component of large floodplain river ecosystems. In the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS), there is a long-standing interest in restoring aquatic vegetation in areas where it has declined or disappeared. To better understand what constrains vegetation distribution in large river ecosystems and inform ongoing efforts to restore submersed aquatic vegetation (SAV), we...
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Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
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Understanding constraints on submersed vegetation distribution in a large, floodplain river: the role of water level fluctuations, water clarity and river geomorphology

Aquatic vegetation is a key component of large floodplain river ecosystems. In the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS), there is a long-standing interest in restoring aquatic vegetation in areas where it has declined or disappeared. To better understand what constrains vegetation distribution in large river ecosystems and inform ongoing efforts to restore submersed aquatic vegetation (SAV), we...
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Depiction of weighted wind fetch results for lower pool 8, Upper Mississippi River System using land cover data from 2010.

Upper Mississippi River System Weighted Wind Fetch Analysis (1989, 2000, 2010/2011)

Wind fetch is defined as the unobstructed distance that wind can travel over water in a constant direction. Fetch is an important characteristic of open water because longer fetch can result in larger wind-generated waves. The larger waves, in turn, can increase shoreline erosion and sediment re-suspension.
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Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
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Upper Mississippi River System Weighted Wind Fetch Analysis (1989, 2000, 2010/2011)

Wind fetch is defined as the unobstructed distance that wind can travel over water in a constant direction. Fetch is an important characteristic of open water because longer fetch can result in larger wind-generated waves. The larger waves, in turn, can increase shoreline erosion and sediment re-suspension.
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Pool 8/Pettibone Island, Upper Mississippi River, Spring 2019, flooding

Forest Landscape Ecology of the Upper Mississippi River Floodplain

Forests are the dominant land cover along the floodplain of the Upper Mississippi River System. These forests are primarily made up of relatively short-lived and rapidly growing species, such as willow, cottonwood, silver maple, green ash, American elm, but with inclusions of slower growing and longer-lived species, such as oak and hickory species.
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Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
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Forest Landscape Ecology of the Upper Mississippi River Floodplain

Forests are the dominant land cover along the floodplain of the Upper Mississippi River System. These forests are primarily made up of relatively short-lived and rapidly growing species, such as willow, cottonwood, silver maple, green ash, American elm, but with inclusions of slower growing and longer-lived species, such as oak and hickory species.
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Color infrared aerial photo scan, UMRS Pool 8, 2000

Develop Orthophotos and Mosaics from systemic color infrared aerial photography of the Upper Mississippi River System from 1975, 1989, 1994, and 2000

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Upper Mississippi River Restoration (UMRR) Program Long Term Resource Monitoring (LTRM) element is implemented by the U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC), in cooperation with the five Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS) states of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin. Color infrared aerial photography was...
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Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
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Develop Orthophotos and Mosaics from systemic color infrared aerial photography of the Upper Mississippi River System from 1975, 1989, 1994, and 2000

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Upper Mississippi River Restoration (UMRR) Program Long Term Resource Monitoring (LTRM) element is implemented by the U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC), in cooperation with the five Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS) states of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin. Color infrared aerial photography was...
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Figure 1: Tile A showing the lidar point cloud along the eastern shore of Railroad Island in Pool 13 with gaps delineated.

Forest Canopy Gap Dynamics: Quantifying Forest Gaps and Understanding Gap-level Forest Regeneration

Floodplain forest is a major and critical component of the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS). The current and future condition of floodplain forest on the UMRS is receiving increased attention from managers as the forest appears to be declining and not regenerating. A primary concern is invasive reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea), Dutch elm disease (Ophiostoma ulmi and O. novo-ulmi), and...
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Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
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Forest Canopy Gap Dynamics: Quantifying Forest Gaps and Understanding Gap-level Forest Regeneration

Floodplain forest is a major and critical component of the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS). The current and future condition of floodplain forest on the UMRS is receiving increased attention from managers as the forest appears to be declining and not regenerating. A primary concern is invasive reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea), Dutch elm disease (Ophiostoma ulmi and O. novo-ulmi), and...
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Code for journal papers

Gray, BR, RJ Haro and JT Rogala. 2010. Addressing among-group variation in covariate effects using multilevel models. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 17: 573–591.Gray BR. 2012. Variance components estimation for continuous and discrete data, with emphasis on cross-classified sampling designs. In Gitzen RA, JJ Millspaugh, AB Cooper and DS Licht (eds.), Design and analysis of long-term...
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Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
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Code for journal papers

Gray, BR, RJ Haro and JT Rogala. 2010. Addressing among-group variation in covariate effects using multilevel models. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 17: 573–591.Gray BR. 2012. Variance components estimation for continuous and discrete data, with emphasis on cross-classified sampling designs. In Gitzen RA, JJ Millspaugh, AB Cooper and DS Licht (eds.), Design and analysis of long-term...
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