The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center at Lewis & Clark Community College is welcoming a group of Chinese scientists to exchange information and expertise related to large rivers.The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center at Lewis & Clark Community College is welcoming a group of Chinese scientists to exchange information and expertise related to large rivers. The Chinese group is made up of chemists and researchers who study water quality and fish populations along the Yangtze River Yangtze River Chinese Chang Jiang or Ch'ang Chiang River, China. Rising in the Tanggula Mountains in west-central China, it flows southeast before turning northeast and then generally east across south-central and east-central China to the East China . The visit was organized by The Nature Conservancy Nature Conservancy, nonprofit organization established in 1951 to preserve or aid in the preservation of natural environments. It protects wilderness areas in the United States and Canada and is affiliated with similar groups in Latin America and the Caribbean. and the U.S. Geological Survey The term geological survey can be used to describe both the conduct of a survey for geological purposes and an institution holding geological information. A geological survey to allow the Yangtze River group to learn more about long-term resource monitoring programs currently underway along the Mississippi River. John Chick of the Illinois Natural History Survey said the trip is one of several organized exchanges related to large rivers. He said the visit was originally initiated when he and Rik Sparks, NGRREC's research director, visited China last year. Chick said the group is traveling to Illinois specifically to meet with NGRREC researchers to learn about the monitoring activities NGRREC is doing along the Mississippi River. |
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