Missouri River Planning:
Recognizing and Incorporating Sediment Management
In September, 2010, the National Academy of Sciences published a report studying the issues of sediment in the Missouri River. Topics included: sediment added to the river through US Army Corps of Engineers habitat projects, sediment accumulation behind dams, potential pollutants carried in sediment, loss of sediment deposits at mouth of Mississippi River and more.
The committee report was generated by a controversy in which the Missouri Clean Water Commission shut down Corps habitat projects due to the amount of sediment they added to the Missouri River.
Link to Full Report
Link to Report in Brief
One of the committee members, Dave Galat, will be speaking with USGS hydrologist Robb Jacobson at the Feb. 8 Big Muddy Speakers Series at Les Bourgeois Bistro in Rocheport. The presentation is called: "Got Mud? The science and policy of Missouri River sediment"
Click here for more info on the Big Muddy Speaker Series, hosted by Missouri River Relief, Friends of Big Muddy, US Fish & Wildlife Service and the Big Muddy National Fish & Wildlife Refuge.
Showing posts with label habitat mitigation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label habitat mitigation. Show all posts
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Agreement seeks to balance Missouri River wildlife management with water quality needs
(this article was published in the Jan. 15 edition of the Missouri News Horizon. Here's the direct link, which includes a video interview with US EPA Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks: http://monewshorizonblog.org/2011/01/agreement-seeks-to-balance-missouri-river-wildlife-management-with-water-quality-needs/)
January 15, 2011 by Rebecca Townsend
Missouri News Horizon
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Efforts to build habitat for the endangered pallid sturgeon also add to the nutrient load of the Missouri River, feeding the hypoxic area known as the dead-zone in the Gulf of Mexico.
In examining the challenge of having to comply with the potentially conflicting mandates of the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act, officials from four federal agencies came to an agreement, finalized Tuesday, to monitor all Army Corps of Engineers-constructed shallow water habitats to demonstrate the costs and benefits of the projects on both water quality and fish populations. Using scientific guidance from a recent National Academy of Sciences report on sediment management in the river, agency officials hope to establish a science-based blueprint from which employees can bolster endangered species populations without negative effects on water quality.
January 15, 2011 by Rebecca Townsend
Missouri News Horizon
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Efforts to build habitat for the endangered pallid sturgeon also add to the nutrient load of the Missouri River, feeding the hypoxic area known as the dead-zone in the Gulf of Mexico.
In examining the challenge of having to comply with the potentially conflicting mandates of the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act, officials from four federal agencies came to an agreement, finalized Tuesday, to monitor all Army Corps of Engineers-constructed shallow water habitats to demonstrate the costs and benefits of the projects on both water quality and fish populations. Using scientific guidance from a recent National Academy of Sciences report on sediment management in the river, agency officials hope to establish a science-based blueprint from which employees can bolster endangered species populations without negative effects on water quality.
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