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Appendix B: Mississippi River Basin and Gulf Hypoxia: Collaborations Across Multiple LCCs
Pages 85-88

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From page 85...
... In addition, it includes state M ­ ississippi River basin (Plains and Prairie Potholes, Upper agency representation from Arkansas, Illinois, ­ ndiana, Iowa, I Midwest and Great Lakes, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie and Big Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Rivers, ­ ppalachian, Great Plains, Gulf Coast Prairie, and A Ohio, Tennessee, and Wisconsin; and from the National Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks) with funding from an LCC Tribal Water Council.
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From page 86...
... As mentioned above, the recognition that ultimately water quality, adding conservation will be achieved by the work of people on the ground is a critical aspect of this initiative; this point also was [a] lthough there have been some federal and state efforts to coordinate nutrient management and related water quality made in a recent workshop on Mississippi River water ­ ualityq programs across the Mississippi River basin, interagency and interstate collaboration, sponsored by the National efforts to date have not produced a rigorous, action-oriented Research Council (NRC, 2014a)
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From page 87...
... . SOURCES: Eastern Tallgrass Prairie and Big Rivers LCC; the Conservation Fund.
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From page 88...
... 88 APPENDIX B FIGURE B.2  High-, medium-, and low-cost strategies by focal system. NOTE: alt = alternative; inverts = invertebrates; BMP = best management practice; mgt = management; veg = vegetation.
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