Protecting Streams, Estuaries and Coastal Waterways

IATP staff are involved in five major ecosystem projects designed to protect major aquatic systems that provide critical habitat for fish and other marine resources. These projects – focused on the Red, Mississippi, Missouri and Columbia Rivers, and the Great Lakes – include major projects to address water quality and quantity (Great Lakes), water flow and flooding (Red River), transportation and infrastructure (Mississippi), dams (Columbia) and system-wide management (Missouri).

A key part of these projects is our collaboration with university scientists and extension staff to improve landscape management practices specifically to enhance fish and other marine life habitat.