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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/36478| Title: | Upper Mississippi River System Environmental Management Program Definite Project Report with Integrated Environmental Assessment (R-15F) : Gardner Division Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement, Pool 21, Mississippi River Miles 332.5 Through 340.2, Adams County, Illinois |
| Authors: | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Rock Island District |
| Keywords: | Restoration ecology Environmental protection Environmental management Wetlands Mississippi River |
| Publisher: | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Rock Island District. |
| Abstract: | The Gardner Division Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project (HREP) is located 5 miles upstream of Quincy, Illinois, near the midpoint of Pool 21. The project area lies in Adams County, Illinois, between Upper Mississippi River Miles (RM) 332.5 and 340.2. Gardner Division is made up of several islands, of which Long, Shandrew, and Flannigan are the largest. The project area also contains a major backwater lake and several important side chutes--Canton, O‘Dell, Smoots, and Shandrew. All project lands are in Federal ownership and are managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge. Gardner Division is subject to yearly Mississippi River floods and is rapidly losing its valuable backwater areas and side chutes to siltation and vegetation encroachment. The project area also has one of the last high quality stands of bottomland forest in the middle reaches of the Upper Mississippi River. The goals of the proposed project are to restore and protect aquatic, wetland, and terrestrial habitat for migratory birds, fish, and other wildlife. The following objectives have been identified to meet these goals (1) reduce forest fragmentation, (2) increase bottomland hardwood diversity, (3) reduce island erosion, (4) increase habitat for overwintering fish, and (5) reduce sedimentation in side channels. |
| Description: | Definite Project Report with Integrated Environmental Assessment |
| Rights: | Approved for Public Release; Distribution is Unlimited |
| URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/11681/36478 |
| Appears in Collections: | Environmental Documents |
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