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| The Missouri River drains one-sixth of the United States and encompasses all or part of ten states.
The basin is also home to 28 Native American Indian Tribes. With a basin of this size and the diverse interests
of its inhabitants, communicating and collaborating on recovery program activities is difficult.
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| To work collaboratively with basin stakeholders to establish a committee made up of the full range of basin
interests to provide recommendations to the entities that are undertaking recovery program activities. |
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By signing the
Implementation Guidance for Section 5018 of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of
2007, John Paul Woodley, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, approved the
Charter for
MRRIC and established the Committee.
The US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution has been facilitating the Charter drafting effort.
For more information on the Charter drafting effort, please visit their Web site,
http://missouririver.ecr.gov.
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Selection of the Stakeholder Representatives for the MRRIC has been completed.
Stakeholder membership is limited to 28 people, with each member having an alternate.
Stakeholder members will represent the interest categories listed below:
| a. | Navigation |
| b. | Irrigation |
| c. | Flood Control |
| d. | Fish and Wildlife |
| e. | Recreation |
| f. | Water Quality |
| g. | Water Supply |
| h. | Agriculture |
| i. | Conservation Districts |
| j. | Waterways Industries |
| k. | Major Tributaries |
| l. | Thermal Power |
| m. | Hydropower |
| n. | At Large / Other Interests (e.g., cultural and historic preservation)
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| o. | Local Government |
| p. | Environmental / Conservation Organizations |
Terms of stakeholder representative members of the MRRIC are three years. There is no limit to the number of
terms a member may serve.
Completed applications must have been submitted by August 22, 2008. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.
For more information on the purpose and scope of the MRRIC as well as the duties and responsibilities of its members,
please read the
MRRIC Charter.
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