Students can earn university credit for internships and for conducting their own research projects.
These experiences greatly enhance employment and acceptance to graduate schools. The EMTC was established in 1986 as a center for ecological monitoring and analysis and currently manages the largest river-related inventory, monitoring, research, spatial analysis, and information sharing program in the United States. The Upper Mississippi Science Center's primary responsibility is to develop and conduct scientific studies that address the critical information needs of resource managers and decision makers within the Department of the Interior, other federal agencies, states, and the private sector. The Center's core scientific programs concern migratory birds, aquatic ecology, environmental contaminants, declining and endangered species, and fishery drug research and development. This site was created by Dr. R. J. Haro.