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ABOUT THE COLLABORATIVE
The Mississippi River Collaborative is a partnership of environmental organizations and legal centers from states bordering the Mississippi River as well as regional and national groups working on issues affecting the Mississippi River and its tributaries. The Collaborative harnesses the resources and expertise of its diverse organizations to reduce pollution entering the Mississippi River as well as the Gulf of Mexico.
The Collaborative works cooperatively within the Mississippi River Basin by:
- Strategically focusing on state and regional water quality protection in the Mississippi River Basin; and,
- Increasing the organizational, legal, and technical capacity of participating groups to meet existing challenges and to effectively implement new initiatives of the Collaborative.
Specifically we work to:
- Reduce nutrient pollution in the Mississippi River and Northern Gulf of Mexico;
- Increase the focus of Collaborative members on agricultural sources of nutrient pollution;
- Ensure that the policy of antidegradation is implemented in the water quality permitting process in each of the Basin states;
- Build the capacity of Collaborative participants to advocate for no discharge systems; and,
- Extend the impact of the Collaborative through improved communications with the press and the public.
The Mississippi River Collaborative is an initiative of the McKnight Foundation.
Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy
26 E. Exchange Street, Suite 206
St. Paul, MN 55101
P: 651.223.5969
http://www.mncenter.org/
Iowa Environmental Council
East Locust Street, Suite 220
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
P: 515.244.1194
http://www.iaenvironment.org/
Washington University Inter-
disciplinary Environmental Clinic
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, Missouri 63130
P: 314.935.4136
http://law.wustl.edu/intenv/
Missouri Coalition for
the Environment
6267 Delmar Blvd. Ste. 2E
St. Louis, MO 63130
P: 314.727.0600
http://www.moenviron.org/
Louisiana Environmental Action Network
P.O. Box 66323
Baton Rouge, LA 70896
P: 225.928.1315
http://www.leanweb.org/
Gulf Restoration Network
P.O. Box 2245
New Orleans, LA 70176
P: 504.525.1528
http://healthygulf.org/
Tulane Environmental Law Clinic
If you'd like more information regarding
the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic,
please call 504.865.5787 or
http://www.tulane.edu/~telc/
Midwest Environmental Advocates
551 W. Main Street, Suite 200
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
P: 608.251.5047
http://www.midwestadvocates.org/
Environmental Law & Policy Center
of the Midwest
35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1300
Chicago, IL 60601
P: 312.673.6500
http://www.elpc.org/
Prairie Rivers Network
1902 Fox Drive, Suite G.
Champaign IL 61820
P: 217.344.2371
http://www.prairierivers.org/
Kentucky Waterways Alliance
Bakery Square, Suite 217
120 Webster Street
Louisville, KY 40206
P: 502.589.8008
http://www.kwalliance.org/
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
4443 Pecan Valley Road
Nashville, TN 37218
P: 615.313.7066
http://www.peer.org/chapters/tn.php
Tennessee Clean Water Network
123A S. Gay St.
Knoxville, TN 37902
P: 865.522.7007
http://www.tcwn.org/
