Number: RL32630
Title: Upper Mississippi River System: Proposals to Restore an Inland Waterways Ecosystem
Authors: Kyna Powers and Nicole T. Carter, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: This report describes the context for the congressional decision to authorize ecosystem restoration investments. First, the report provides a brief introduction and explains the ecosystem change of the UMRS. Second, it reviews the Corps preferred and alternative plans, including the Corps preferred 50-year plan, alternative 50-year plans, and the first 15-year increment. Last, this report presents key aspects of the debate over the congressional authorization of an ecosystem restoration effort, including the magnitude and cost, cost-share, scope, and linkage between ecosystem restoration and navigation investments.
Pages: 20
Date: August 24, 2005