Led by NOAA Central and Gulf of Mexico Regional Collaboration Teams, the Mississippi River Basin Nutrient Runoff Working Group is a Mississippi River basin-wide partnership covering headwaters of the Missouri, Upper Mississippi, Ohio, Arkansas, Red, and Lower Mississippi River basins to the Gulf of Mexico with tendrils into the Great Lakes Basin. This Working Group focuses on runoff risk and the cascading impacts throughout the Mississippi River Basin and into the Gulf of Mexico.

Mission

This Working Group collaborates across the NOAA line offices, partner organizations, the greater University enterprises, and beyond in order to fill gaps and connect efforts to understand and address nutrient runoff and the downstream impacts. 

Priorities

The Working Group has several priorities which help guide and prioritize activities. These include:

1. Building a trans-regional / basin-wide approach to collaboration and an information sharing network.
2. Fostering connections among and between Sea Grant Programs, NOAA Line Offices, federal agencies, academia, and other partners.
3. Expanding awareness and outreach on nutrient runoff related issues, resources, and tools.

In an effort to share information with those interested in nutrient runoff issues and impacts, this Working Group creates a quarterly Informational Bulletin. We encourage you to be a part of the exchange!

You can share resources or information for inclusion in future bulletins, or join the distribution list, by sending an email to noaa.centralregion@noaa.gov.