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Project Title:
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Missouri River Recovery and Associated Sediment Management Issues
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WSTB-U-07-01-A
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Major Unit:
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Division on Earth and Life Studies
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Sub Unit:
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Water Science and Technology Board
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RSO:
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Jacobs, Jeffrey
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Subject/Focus Area:
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Missouri River Recovery and Associated Sediment Management Issues
October 2, 2008 - October 3, 2008
Sheraton Clayton Plaza Hotel
7730 Bonhomme Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63105
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If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:
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| Contact Name:
Anita Hall
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| Email:
ahall@nas.edu
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| Phone:
202-334-3422
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Fax:
202-334-1961
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Agenda:
AGENDA
Committee on Missouri River Recovery and Associated Sediment Management Issues
First Meeting
October 2–3, 2008
Sheraton Clayton Plaza
Fleur de Lys A
7730 Bonhomme Avenue, Clayton, MO
(314) 863-0400
Thursday, October 2
Closed Session
8:15–10:30 Committee Orientation
10:30–10:45 Break
Open Session
10:45–11:00 Introductions and review of meeting agenda
Len Shabman, Committee Chair
11:00–11:15 Introduction to the National Research Council
Laura Ehlers, Study Director
11:15–12:00 Introduction to the Missouri River Basin
Sediment Issues and USACE Request for the NRC
Study
Mike George and Larry Cieslik, U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers
12:00–1:00 Lunch
1:00–1:30 Briefing on The Missouri River Ecosystem:
Exploring the Prospects for Recovery
Jeffrey Jacobs, WSTB Scholar
1:30–2:00 Historical (Pre-Dam, Pre-Bank Stabilization)
vs. Modern Suspended Sediment Concentrations
in the Missouri River and Data Sources
Dale Blevins, U.S. Geological Survey
2:00–2:30 FWS Presentation on the current ecological
status of the river/ recent biological
opinions/ESA drivers for Missouri River
restoration
Wayne Stancill and Mike Olsen, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service
2:30–2:45 Break
2:45–3:15 Viewpoint of the Missouri Clean Water
Commission
Kristin Perry, Missouri Clean Water Commission
3:15–5:00 Stakeholder presentations
Tony Provost, Intertribal Council
Bill Beacom, Missouri River Navigation Caucus
Jason Skold, The Nature Conservancy, Missouri
River Program
Suzanne Gucciardo, National Park Service,
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
Howard Paul, Missouri Sedimentation Action
Coalition
Joe Gibbs, Brunswick River Terminal Property
Jim Berkley, private citizen
Friday, October 3
Closed Session
8:15–3:00 Committee Deliberations
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Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting
The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
The following committee members were present for closed session: T. Dunne
D. Galat
W. Graf
R. Hotchkiss
C. Johnson
P. McDowell
R. Meade
R. Patterson
N. Pinter
S. Joy
D. Scavia
L. Shabman
and S. Zellmer.
The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
Topics discussed in the closed session were
1. Bias discussion for committee members
2. Review the statement of task
3. Committee discussion of previous day’s presentations
4. Initial outline for report
5. Writing Assignments
6. Second meeting
The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
Four papers were presented during the closed session:
1. Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: An Update by the EPA Science Advisory Board
2. Nebraska Law Review. 2004. Multiple-Use Water Resources Development Versus Natural River Functions: Can The WSRA and WRDA Coexist On The Missouri RIVER? John H. Davidson
3. SMU Law Review. Fall 2007. Mississippi River Stories: Lessons from a Century of Unnatural Disasters. Christine A. Klein [FNa1] and Sandra B. Zellmer.
4. Florida Law Review. July, 2007. A Tale of Two Imperiled Rivers: Reflections from a Post-Katrina World. Sandra Zellmer.
Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:
November 1, 2008
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