1. © Mark Godfrey Working for People & Nature: Integrated River Basin Management Glenn Prickett, The Nature Conservancy * AGWI Summit, Sept. 26-27

2. Global Challenges Population Water Population Water Energy Food Climate Energy Food Climate

3. Global Solutions Energy (+100%) Food (+100%) Climate - (+ 2 degrees) Energy (+100%) Food (+100%) Climate - (+ 2 degrees) CLIMATE RESILIENCE WATER SECURITY FOOD SECURITY SUSTAINBABLE INFRASTRUCTURE

4. Natural Capital Society Economy People Products Financial Systems HUMAN WELL BEING Natural Capital

5. Natural Capital on the Miss. River

6. Great Rivers Partnership

8. Ecological Concerns 1.Flow and flood patterns 2.Erosion and sediment transport and delivery 3.Nutrients from agricultural and urban runoff 4.Connectivity –Up/Downstream Connection – River Connection to Floodplain

9. 1. Governance 2. Sustainable Infrastructure 3. Floodplain Integration 4. Tributaries and Sustainable Agriculture Reconnected side channel Mainstem Mississippi River, Arkansas Restored wetlands Pecatonica River, Wisconsin Our Priorities

10. 10/19/201510

11. Field-to-Market Keystone Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture Field-to-Market on Mackinaw River, Sept. 2008 Members represent: Producers Agribusiness Food companies Retailers Conservation groups

12. Our Ag Tributary Projects Mackinaw River, IL Pecatonica River, WI Boone River, IA Root River, MN

13. Progress: Pecatonica River, WI  Water quality & biodiversity surveys  Targeted work  Source of funding

14. U.S. Farm Bill

15. Floodplain Restoration in Louisiana

16. Sustainable Infrastructure

17. The Gulf

18. Mississippi - Ohio confluence, low waterLate April 2011, during floodEarly May 2011, floodway activated

19. Other Efforts “Mayors are in the best position to treat the River the way it should be treated - as an essential resource of our economy, environment, and culture.” ― Mayor Francis Slay, St. Louis, MO Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative The EcoPartnership on the Yangtze River

20. Facing the risks of cooperation in International Waters World Bank—March 2012 Summary of risks most relevant to AGWI: Accountability and Voice: Trust established and there is deliverability of strategies; process is fair with everyone having a say in decision-making in the governing structures. Stability and Support: Longevity of any plans or agreements; support of agreement with staff capacity and funding Reaching Across the Waters