Mississippi River Polling Questions February 2012
America’s Waterway and its plan for A National Dialogue for the Future of the Mississippi River will capture public visions and priorities for America’s great river. This poll starts the process by capturing your perspectives on one of a number of issues facing the whole watershed.
 
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If U.S. agriculture is the largest producer of both pollution in the Upper Mississippi River Basin and food for the U.S. and other selected nations, what would you suggest as a way to reduce this negative impact on the water shed.
   
Plant crops other than corn, which is planted intensively in the watershed
Government should offer farmers an incentive to change their tiling/drainage infrastructure.
Farmers should self- regulate their use of herbicides.
Consumers should be more aware of the foods they eat and their impact on the Mississippi River’s watershed and avoid eating those foods.
There should be a whole-River dialogue to discuss this issue and find common ground.
The U.S. should stop exporting so much of its food to the world.
Other – please explain in 150 words or less
 
   
 
If the Mississippi River watershed accounts for 60 percent of Americans’ “water footprint”- our impact on water resources – what should we as American’s support as a way to be responsible stewards of that resource?
   
There should be an executive order to protect this major water resource.
The congress should look at ways to coordinate the wide variety of regulations – water quality, transportation, flood control, agricultural runoff, habitat – so they don’t overlap or work at cross purposes.
There should be a whole-River dialogue so citizens working and living on the Mississippi River can find solutions that represent the different interests and build a constituency for America’s great waterway.
The watershed states should agree to treat the Mississippi River in a protective way that safeguards the resource for the future.
Counties and municipalities in the watershed should band together and come up with a plan to protect the resource for the future.
Other – please explain in 150 words or less
 

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