The Mississippi Interstate Cooperative Resource Association (MICRA) is an organization of 28 state natural resource departments organized in 1991 as a partnership to improve interjurisdictional river resource management in the Mississippi River Basin.  Members states include AL, AR, CO, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NY, NC, ND, PA, OH, OK, SD, TN, TX, VA, WV, WI, and WY.  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Tennessee Valley Authority, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, USGS/ Biological Resources Division, Chickasaw Indian Nation, and Chippewa-Cree Indian Tribe are also Association members.  The Mississippi River Basin is the largest watershed in the nation, covering 1.25 million square miles, and draining 41% of the continental United States.  Ninety-three of the Basin's rivers have been identified by the states as interjurisdictional waters.  These include the Ohio, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Red rivers.

MICRA's Mission is to improve the conservation, development, management and utilization of interjurisdictional fishery resources (both recreational and commercial) in the Mississippi River Basin through improved coordination and communication among the responsible management entities. 


 

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Contact Information:  

Chris O'Bara, Chairman
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
2311 Ohio Avenue
Parkersburg, WV  26101 
                                                                                  
Direct inquiries about this web page to: 

Coordinator for Large River Activities
MICRA
P.O. Box 774
Bettendorf, IA   52722-0774

Last modified:  03/02/2008      

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