Corps schedules river meetings

OMAHA – A series of six public meetings will be conducted next week to review the 2009 Annual Operating Plan for the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System, according to officials with the Army Corps of Engineers here.


There will be presentations on river and reservoir operations this winter and spring, planned operations for the rest of the year and an opportunity for people to ask questions and make comments. The meetings will be held:

Apr 6	7 p.m.	Fort Peck, MT	Fort Peck Interpretive Center
Apr 7	1 p.m.	Bismarck, ND	Radisson Hotel, 605 E. Broadway Ave.
Apr 7	6 p.m.	Ft. Pierre, SD	AmericInn, 312 Island Drive
Apr 8	1 p.m.	Jefferson City, MO	Capitol Plaza Hotel, 415 W. McCarty St.
Apr 8	6 p.m.	Kansas City, MO	Embassy Suites, 7640 NW Tiffany Springs
Apr 9	1 p.m.	Nebraska City, NE	Lewis & Clark Center, 100 Valmont Drive

The 2009 AOP is available on the “Reports and Publications” section of the Water Management website,  http://www.nwd-mr.usace.army.mil/rcc, and is available in hard copy by writing to: Missouri River Basin Water Management Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1616 Capitol Ave, Suite 365, Omaha, NE 68102-4909.