The Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force was established in the fall of 1997 as part of the government's plan to address hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico.
A federal interagency working group asked the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to conduct what would come to be called the Integrated Scientific Assessment of Hypoxia, which analyzed the causes and consequences of Gulf hypoxia. This work was done through OSTP's Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (CENR).
The working group then expanded to include states and tribes affected by Gulf hypoxia and established the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force.
The Task Force includes both federal and state agencies. Federal agencies include those with responsibilities over activities in the Mississippi River and its basin, the Louisiana coastline, and the Gulf of Mexico. Mississippi River or major tributary states also have representation on the Task Force.
Task Force Work Products
2008 Action Plan
2008 Operating Plan (PDF, 41 pp, 362K)
2008 Action Plan Outreach Materials
Draft 2008 Action Plan
(PDF, 31 pp, 558K)
2001 Action Plan
2001 Press Release
Draft 2001 Action Plan
Hypoxia Assessment Reports
Draft Integrated Assessment
(PDF, 53pp, 137K)
Final Integrated Assessment
(PDF, 66pp, 13MB)
2004 MMR Report
Reassessment Proposal
(PDF, 6 pp, 67K)
Timeline & Reassessment Process (PDF, 1 pg, 34K)
MART Report (PDF, 31 pp, 3.6MB)
Point Source Loadings Reassessment (PDF, 31 pp, 1.2MB)
Task Force Links
Members of the Task Force from Federal Agencies
- Benjamin Grumbles, Chair, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- George Dunlop, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Vice Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher, U.S. Department of Commerce (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
- Gary Mast, U.S. Department of Agriculture, NRE
- Timothy Petty, U.S. Department of the Interior
- Merle Pierson, U.S. Department of Agriculture, REE
Members of the Task Force from State Agencies
- Dr. Len Bahr, Louisiana Governor's Office of Coastal Activities
- Jerry Cain, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
- Doyle Childers, Missouri Department of Natural Resources
- Charles Hartke, Illinois Department of Agriculture
- Sean Logan, Ohio Department of Natural Resources
- Larry Maxwell, Tennessee Department of Agriculture
- Brad Moore, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
- Bill Northey, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
- Russell Rasmussen, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
- J. Randy Young, Arkansas Natural Resources Commission
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