For Immediate Release: March 9, 2014
Contact: Serena Baker, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division
Phone: 503-808-3710 E-mail: serena.baker@usace.army.mil
Corps invites public to Missouri River operations meetings
OMAHA, Neb. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Missouri River Basin Water Management Division will hold five public meetings in early April to update stakeholders on current hydrologic conditions and the planned operation of the Mainstem Reservoir System.
The public meetings will include a presentation from the Corps regarding operations and plans for managing the reservoir system in 2015, followed by a question and answer session. There will also be an opportunity for members of the public and stakeholders to speak one-on-one with Corps officials.
The public meetings will be conducted at the following times and locations:
Tuesday, April 7 – Pierre, SD
Start time: 11 a.m.
Capitol Lake Visitor Center
500 E. Capitol Ave.
Tuesday, April 7 – Bismarck, ND
Start time: 6 p.m.
Bismarck Civic Center
315 S. 5th St.
Wednesday, April 8 – Fort Peck, Mont.
Start time: 11 a.m.
Fort Peck Interpretative Center
Lower Yellowstone Road
Thursday, April 9 – Smithville, Mo.
Start time: 11 a.m.
Jerry Litton Visitor Center
16311 DD Hwy
Thursday, April 9 – Council Bluffs, Iowa
Start time: 6 p.m.
Western Historic Trails Center
3434 Richard Downing Ave.
The presentation materials for the public meetings will also be posted on the Corps’ website at http://www.nwd-mr.usace.army.mil/rcc/.
The Corps is congressionally authorized to manage the six dams on the Missouri River for the benefit of the American people serving flood control, navigation, hydropower, irrigation, water supply, water quality control, recreation, and fish and wildlife.
Read the press release online at http://www.nwd.usace.army.mil/Media/NewsReleases/tabid/1989/Article/579136/corps-invites-public-to-missouri-river-operations-meetings.aspx