April 26, 2013, Friday - Mississippi River Forum: “Local Resource Management Scorecard” at the McKnight Foundation

Time: 8:00am - 9:30am

Location: McKnight Foundation, 710 Second Street South, Suite 400

Mississippi River Forum: “Local Resource Management Scorecard”

Join the National Park Service for the Mississippi River Forum--your opportunity to learn about issues impacting the Mississippi River and to make sure other decision makers understand your perspective. We hear a lot about the Minnesota River’s influence on the Mississippi’s health, but are all 32 counties in the Minnesota River Basin the same in terms of their impacts? What is each of them doing to conserve soil and water resources? The Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance has developed a Local Resource Management Scorecard to compare conservation efforts across all counties in the Minnesota River Basin. The Scorecard compares local ordinances, county-led efforts and land use practices that could reduce the rate of sediment filling in Lake Pepin through strategic water storage and shoreland protection. Come learn about this new tool from Rylee Main and see how you might use it in your efforts. Rylee Main is Project Manager at the Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance. Light breakfast provided.

Free. RSVP to lark_weller@nps.gov. The Mississippi River Forum is made possible by the generous support of the park's charitable partner, the Mississippi River Fund.