Officials seeking public input to mitigate adverse impacts to Native American archeological site

Kansas City District
Published Nov. 18, 2024
A group of six people stand near a river bank with trees in the background and vegetation in the foreground.

A Congressional Delegation and employees from the Kansas City District visit the Osage River on Aug. 26, 2022.

Officials are seeking public comment on a Memorandum of Agreement, which will outline mitigation activities for adverse impacts to one prehistoric Native American archeological site and one ca. 1905 river training structure (wing dike) on lands to be affected by a Section 1135 Ecosystem Restoration project the Lower Osage River in Miller County, Missouri.

The Memorandum of Agreement is being prepared by the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in consultation with the Missouri State Historic Preservation Officer, The Osage Nation and other interested parties. The period of public comment will begin November 20, 2024, and end on December 20, 2024.

Additional information about this Memorandum of Agreement may be obtained by contacting:

U.S Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District

ATTN: Environmental Resources Section, Civil Works Program Branch

601 East 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106

gina.s.powell@usace.army.mil

(816) 389-2320.

Written comments will be accepted by mail and email. All mailed comments to this public notice should be directed to the above address.


Release no. 24-040