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NFC: Fw: [Corps] Corps Reform Update
NEW REPORT DETAILS CORPS BOONDOGGLES
A report by Taxpayers for Common Sense and the National Wildlife
Federation
details 25 Corps of Engineers boondoggles. To read the report, visit
http://www.taxpayer.net/corpswatch/index.htm
GROUPS SEEK NAVIGATION STUDY DELAY
A coalition of conservation and taxpayer funds have asked the Clinton
Administration to suspend the Upper Mississippi River navigation study
until
an independent review is completed. A federal whistleblower agency found
"substantial likelihood" that Army Corps of Engineers officials violated
regulations and wasted millions of dollars during their controversial
study
of navigation projects on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers.
Despite
the allegations, the Corps continues to spend $13 million on the study.
To learn more, see http://www.amrivers.org/corpsupdate3-7-00lock.html.
To read more articles and the whistle-blower’s affidavit visit
http://www.environmentaldefense.org/programs/ecosystems/mississippi/
CORPS BUDGET REQUEST RELEASED
The Corps $4 billion budget request includes new funding for the
restoration
of the Missouri River, Florida's Everglades and increases funding for the
Section 1135 and Section 206 restoration programs. To learn more, visit
http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cepa/releases/cwbudget.htm
To learn what you can do, visit American Rivers’ River Budget page at
http://www.amrivers.org/rbudget.html.
HELP SAVE SNAKE RIVER SALMON
Federal salmon managers will take public comments supporting the removal
of
four dams on the Lower Snake River to avoid the extinction of four salmon
and steelhead runs until March 31.
To support Snake River dam removal, visit
http://www.amrivers.org/salmonforever.html
For more information, visit American Rivers’ Snake River Campaign page at
http://www.amrivers.org/snake.html.
WRDA 2000 HEARINGS SLATED
House committees will hold hearings on the Water Resources Development
Act
of 2000 in March and may approve legislation by the end of April. Key
issues
include recent scandals, Everglades restoration, and a growing backlog of
authorized projects. To view the Water Resources Development Act of 1999,
visit http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas2.html and type in H.R. 1480. You
can
also view a list of projects authorized by the last WRDA visit
http://www.amrivers.org/wrdaprojects99.pdf.
SUPPORT RIVER FUNDING
American Rivers is still accepting sign-ons for the River Budget:
National
Priorities for Local River Conservation in FY 2001. More than 450 river
conservation organizations, community groups, recreation organizations,
and
others had added their names to the list of groups supporting the budget
(see the full list of sign on groups as of March 1 visit
http://www.amrivers.org/rbudget2001list.html).
To see the final River Budget for FY’01 visit
http://www.amrivers.org/rbudget2001.html.
To sign on in support, contact Suzy McDowell at smcdowell at amrivers_org.
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Suzy McDowell
Outreach Coordinator
American Rivers
1025 Vermont Ave, NW, #720
Washington, DC 20005
202-347-7550 x3040
smcdowell at amrivers_org