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NFC: Fw: [Corps] Corps Reform Update -- July 13, 1999
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CASE STUDY OF THE WEEK: JOHNSON CREEK BUYOUT
The City of Arlington, Texas rejected the channelization of Johnson Creek
in
favor of buyouts, riverside trails, and floodplain restoration. To learn
more, visit http://www.amrivers.org/johnson.html.
To learn more about non-structural alternatives to levees and dams, visit
http://www.amrivers.org/flood.html.
APPROPRIATIONS BILL MOVING IN HOUSE
The Energy and Water Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee
is
expected to vote this week on the Energy and Water Appropriations Bill
for
FY 2000, which provides annual funding for the Corps. The Senate, which
has
already acted on their version of the bill, cut funding for several
habitat
restoration funding programs, including habitat restoration programs for
the
Columbia, Upper Mississippi and Missouri Rivers.
To learn more and find out what you can do, visit
http://www.amrivers.org/rbudget.html.
More than 100 conservation groups joined testimony supporting federal
funding for Corps of Engineers habitat restoration program and projects.
To
view the testimony, visit
http://www.amrivers.org/corpsactionappropdoc.html.
To send a letter, visit
http://www.amrivers.org/corpsactionpackardletter.html. To learn more
about
Corps restoration programs, visit
http://www.amrivers.org/corpsauthorities.html.
WRDA UNLIKELY IN 1999
House and Senate negotiators appear to be unable to resolve their
differences over competing versions of the Water Resources Development
Act
of 1999 (WRDA), which authorizes new Corps of Engineers projects and sets
new flood control, navigation, and environmental policy. To view each
bill,
visit http://thomas.loc.gov and type in S. 507 and H.R. 1480. To view a
list
of project authorized by the bills, visit
http://www.amrivers.org/wrdaprojects.htm.
COASTAL LOUISIANA MAY BE NEXT EVERGLADES PROJECT
Top officials with the Corps of Engineers suggested at the Mississippi
River
Basin Alliance conference last weekend that the restoration of coastal
Louisiana - which could cost more than $10 billion - would be the Corps'
next large-scale ecosystem restoration project. To view a plan to restore
coastal Louisiana, visit http://www.lacoast.gov/Programs/2050/Index.htm.
CORPS REFORM WHITE PAPER
Conservation and taxpayer groups met in Louisiana in March to develop a
national strategy and network to reform the Corps of Engineers. In the
coming months, we will be developing an internal document that will
discuss
key issues and develop national strategies. Subjects will include flood
control, environmental restoration, navigation, ports and beaches. If you
would like to be involved in the development of this document, please
contact smcdowell at amrivers_org.
If you would like to be removed from this listserve, please send an email
with "unsubscribe Corps Reform listserve" in the subject line to
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