MISSOURI RIVER NEWS                              

 

Meeting on Missouri River basin authorized purposes study scheduled for Columbia February 4th.

Another in a series of focus group and tribal meetings in support of the Missouri River Authorized Purposes Study is being sponsored by the Army Corps of Engineers in Columbia, Mo., on Thursday, Feb 4, at the Courtyard by Marriott, 3301 LeMone Industrial Blvd. The focus group part of the meeting begins at 5:30 p.m.  The opportunity for public comment begins at 7 p.m. For more information click here

 


 

US Senate Approves H.R. 3288 

Authorizing and Funding Study of  Comprehensive Value of  River Flow Support to Stakeholders of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. To see the letter from Congressman Ike Skelton to the Chairman, David Obey of the House Appropriations Committee regarding the Missouri River Section 108 Study click here


Kickoff Meetings for study of law that authorized Missouri River basin dams and reservoirs set

Two meetings to mark the kickoff of the first-ever review of the authorized purposes in the legislaton that created the system of dams and reservoirs on the Missouri River and major tributaries will take place early next month.

The Army Corps of Engineers has been directed by Congress to conduct a review of the original project purposes established by the 1944 Flood Control Act.  The goal is to determine if changes in these purposes and the existing federal water resource infrastructure managed by the Corps and Bureau of Reclamation may be warranted.  For more information about these meetings visit www.mraps.org