Lower Mississippi River Basin Initiative

Management for "America's River"

This session discusses strategies to enhance cooperation among the five Lower Mississippi River states (Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana) in ensuring the vitality of the Mississippi River in the economic, transportation, environmental and agriculture calculations of our states.

• Dave Hokanson, Upper Mississippi River Basin Association (UMRBA), Minnesota
• Ron Nassar, Ph.D., Coordinator, Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee, Mississippi
• Peter Tennant, Deputy Director, Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission, Ohio