About
Mission
The mission of the Great Rivers Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit is to partner with federal agencies in an effort to better understand and adaptively manage biophysical, cultural, economic and social resources and issues, especially those pertaining to large river ecosystems. Pursuit of this mission will entail development of research, educational and technical assistance programs based on interdisciplinary, multi-scale, systems-oriented approaches that engage affected communities and stakeholders.
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Cooperative Agreement
(Image) Manitou Bluffs on the Missouri River near Rocheport Missouri
Strategic Plan
The current Great Rivers CESU Strategic Plan was completed in February 2018. The original Great Rivers CESU Strategic Plan was completed in August 2004.
Great Rivers CESU
The Great Rivers CESU is part of a national network of cooperative ecosystem studies units (see map right) focusing on providing partners in the network high-quality science, usable knowledge for resource managers, responsive technical assistance, continuing education, and cost-effective research programs. The Great Rivers CESU is a collaborative effort of twenty-one universities/institutions and eight federal partners whose goal is to focus on the objectives listed above in the geographic area of the upper and middle Mississippi Valley.
