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.
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