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Upper Mississippi River Restoration Long Term Resource Monitoring

Program Information

Popular name

LTRM

Program Number

15.978

Program objective

To provide decision makers with information needed to maintain the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS) as a sustainable large river ecosystem given its multiple-use character. Congress has declared the UMRS to be both a nationally significant ecosystem and a nationally significant commercial navigation system. The long-term goals of the LTRM are to: understand the UMRS ecosystem, monitor trends and effects with respect to selected resources, develop resource management alternatives, manage information, and develop useful products.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2017

    Conducting resource monitoring and research as specified in the LTRM Operations Plan and other activities to carry out the purposes of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. Conducting resource monitoring and research as specified in the Strategic Plan for the Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program and other activities to carry out the purposes of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. In FY17, the program received seven applications and issued seven awards.

  2. 2018

    Conducting resource monitoring and research as specified in the Strategic Plan for the Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program and other activities to carry out the purposes of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. In FY18, the program received six applications and issued six awards.

  3. 2019

    Conducting resource monitoring and research as specified in the Strategic Plan for the Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program and other activities to carry out the purposes of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. In FY19, the program received five applications and issued five awards.

  4. 2020

    Conducting resource monitoring and research as specified in the Strategic Plan for the Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program and other activities to carry out the purposes of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. In FY20, the program anticipates received five applications and issued five awards.

  5. 2021

    Conducting resource monitoring and research as specified in the Strategic Plan for the Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program and other activities to carry out the purposes of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. In FY21, the program anticipates received five applications and issued five awards.

  6. 2022

    Conducting resource monitoring and research as specified in the Strategic Plan for the Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program and other activities to carry out the purposes of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. In FY22, the program received five applications and issued five awards.

  7. 2023

    Conducting resource monitoring and research as specified in the Strategic Plan for the Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program and other activities to carry out the purposes of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986.

  8. 2024

    Conducting resource monitoring and research as specified in the Strategic Plan for the Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program and other activities to carry out the purposes of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. In FY24, the program anticipates receiving five applications and issuing five awards.

  9. 2025

    In FY25, the program anticipates receiving five applications and issuing five awards.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

Public Law 99-662, Section 1103, as amended. Information regarding LTRM publications may be found at the web site address.

  1. Water Resources Development Act of 1986, Public Law 99-662, Section 1103, 33 U.S.C. 652.