River Science: A Key Component of the Great Rivers Partnership

 

Jon Golden/TNC (freshwater mussels)

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"By exchanging knowledge about rivers, we can make great strides and avoid the mistakes of others."

— Yao Yin, river ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey

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The Rivers

Brazil: The Paraguay-Paraná

China: The Yangtze

USA: The Mississippi

What is Nature Worth?

Nature provides many beneficial services for free. Learn more about the Great Rivers Partnership's ecosystem services approach to river conservation.

Resources for River Managers

Find links to reports and other information on rivers, ecosystem services and fresh water.

How We Protect Watersheds

Explore a cool interactive feature to see how the Conservancy protects freshwater resources worldwide.

Byron Jorjorian (Sampling stream bottom sediment, Cache River NWR, Arkansas)

Sharing information and knowledge among scientists working on great rivers around the world is a key component of the Great Rivers Partnership.

Proposed River Center to Take New Approach

Great Rivers Center for Conservation and LearningA meeting of diverse partners will help shape the evolution of a Great Rivers Center designed to engage individuals and institutions worldwide in protecting the Mississippi and other great rivers for people and nature.

 

Turning Back the Clock on the Pecatonica River

Cate Harrington/TNC (Restoration project at Pecatonica River, Wisconsin)Restoring a stretch of the Pecatonica River, a Mississippi River tributary in Wisconsin, reduces soil erosion and doubles amount of floodplain habitat.
 
 

Bioreactors Help Clean up Minnesota Stream

Minnesota DNR (Root River, Minnesota)Conservancy partners with farmers in Minnesota's Root River watershed to test effectiveness of bioreactors at removing nitrates from agricultural runoff.
 
 

U.S.-China Exchange Advances River Conservation

water quality monitoring techniquesFour Chinese scientists spend time on the Mississippi River this summer learning monitoring techniques that will help them with conservation efforts on the Yangtze River.
 
 

 

 

 

 

Photo credits (top to bottom, left to right): Sampling stream bottom sediment by The Nature Conservancy and U.S. Fish and Wildlife personnel, Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas © Byron Jorjorian; Sampling stream bottom sediment by The Nature Conservancy and U.S. Fish and Wildlife personnel, Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas © Byron Jorjorian; Restoration project at Pecatonica River in Wisconsin © Cate Harrington/TNC; Root River, Minnesota © Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; Dongtan CAP training © Li Qian/TNC; freshwater mussels © Jon Golden/TNC; © TNC