Sponsorship for the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition to advance the implementation of an agricultural policy that improves water quality in the Mississippi River Basin and to assist the foundation in tracking federal agricultural policy and funding
To bring attention to the consequences of agricultural pollution for drinking water and quality of life; build capacity of organizations in the upper Mississippi River basin to communicate and advocate on water quality issues; and explore innovative approaches to improve the durability of conservation efforts, including remote sensing of cover crops
To support grantee's initiative to deliver 3,000 acres of bottomland hardwood reforestation in the Mississippi portion of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley (MAV), and continued improvements in federal reforestation program policy and administration.
To build on work in the Wabash River in Indiana to demonstrate how Wetland Reserve Easements (WRE) can be used in the Upper Mississippi River to complement cover crops and other practices to improve water quality.