ceived a C while the Streamside Habitat indicator received a grade of C+. The Water Quality indicator received a C and the Wetland Area Change indicator received an F grade, the lowest in the watershed.
The Missouri River Basin received a C grade for Flood Control & Risk Reduction. The Floodplain Population Change indicator in the Missouri River Basin received a C grade. The Levee Condition indicator received a C grade and the Building Elevation indicator received a B grade, one of two basins with this highest grade.
Grading the Transportation goal in the Missouri Basin was a challenge for the Report Card. The Missouri basin is an outlier because there are no locks used for navigation. Based on input from stakeholders and significant feedback from experts throughout the watershed, two of the three indicators for the overall transportation goal measure the condition of the physical infrastructure for navigation and the performance of lock facilities. These indicators do not apply to the Missouri Basin, and for this reason, the Report Card does not assign a grade to the transportation goal specific to this basin. However, transportation in the basin is compromised by the lack of adequate funding for maintenance, because this affects the management of the entire inland waterway network.
The volume of transportation activity in the Missouri River basin is substantially smaller than in the other basins. Recent years have seen an increase in the volume of activity following a low point around 2009. The volume of river born transportation on the Missouri River however remains below levels seen in the early 1980s.
The Missouri Basin received a grade of D for Water Supply. The Treatment Violations Indicator in the Missouri Basin received a D grade while the Water Depletion indicator received a D+ grade, making it the basin facing the most pressing water supply concerns.
The Missouri River Basin received an overall grade of C- for Economy. The River Dependent Employment indicator in the Lower Mississippi received a D+ grade while the Median Income indicator received a C grade. The GDP by sector indicator received a C- grade.
The Missouri River Basin received a grade of C for the Recreation goal. The Outdoor Participation indicator received a C grade and the Hunting and Fishing licenses indicator received a grade of B.
The AWI Report Card was developed over two years with significant amount of information and feedback from hundreds of experts and stakeholders throughout the watershed and nation. View a comprehensive Report Card technical paper that includes data sources, calculations and analysis.