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From: "Suzy McDowell" <smcdowell at amrivers_org>
To: <robertrice at juno_com>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 11:09:46 -0400
Subject: [Updates] Corps Reform Udate 9-3-99
Message-ID: <MDAEMON-F199909031110.AA101835MD28552 at amrivers_org>
CASE STUDY OF THE WEEK: CALFED BAY-DELTA PROGRAM
A new plan to restore San Francisco Bay and the delta created by the
Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers has been criticized by California
conservation groups because the Corps proposes to build new water storage
facilities and ignores the potential benefits of water conservation.
To learn more, visit
http://www.friendsoftheriver.org/html/calfed081799.html
or http://calfed.ca.gov
To learn more about Corps of Engineers habitat restoration programs,
visit
http://www.amrivers.org/corpsreform.html
CONGRESS PASSES WRDA
Before leaving for recess, Congress passed the Water Resources
Development
Act of 1999, which authorizes new projects and set policy for the Corps
of
Engineers. Environmental provisions included among the bill were:
* Increased annual spending for Upper Mississippi River habitat
restoration
* New, $30 million Missouri River restoration program and expansion of
existing program to buy 118,650 acres of floodplain land
* New 5-year, $200 million floodplain relocation and restoration program
* Planning reforms to aid consideration of non-structural flood control
projects
* Removal of Embrey Dam on the Rappahannock River
* Rio Salado restoration project in Phoenix
* No dam on the American River in California
* New ecosystem restoration projects for the Indian River (FL), Little
Wekiva River (FL), Grand Batture Island (MS), River Des Peres (MO),
Reelfoot Lake (TN), Hudson River (NY), Blackstone River (RI), and
others.
* New watershed management projects in California, Florida, Illinois, New
York, Nevada, Oregon, North Carolina, and others.
To view the Water Resources Development Act of 1999, visit
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas2.html and type in H.R. 1480. To view a
list of projects, visit http://www.amrivers.org/wrdaprojects99.pdf.
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS
The Energy and Water Subcommittees of the House and Senate Appropriations
Committee are now reconciling competing versions of the Energy and Water
Appropriations Bills for FY 2000, which provide annual funding for the
Corps. Both House and Senate versions cut funding for Corps habitat
restoration programs. To learn more and find out what you can do, visit
http://www.amrivers.org/rbudget.html
HELP SUPPORT INCREASED FUNDING FOR RIVER-RELATED PROGRAMS
Although FY’00 has not yet begun, it is already time to begin looking
ahead
to funding priorities for river conservation for FY’01. To support
increased
federal funding for important river-related programs, please sign on to
American Rivers’ River Budget for FY’01. The document is available online
at
http://www.amrivers.org/rbudget-action.html. To sign on, email Suzy
McDowell
at smcdowell at amrivers_org or call 202-347-7550 x3040.
CORPS HABITAT RESTORATION CONFERENCE
American Rivers and the Corps of Engineers are hosting a one-day
conference
on Corps of Engineers habitat restoration projects on October 7 in
Nebraska
City, Nebraska. Following presentations by Corps officials on completed
projects, members of American Rivers' Scientific and Technical Advisory
Committee and conference participants will provide feedback to Corps
officials on project design and performance. The conference is
particularly
helpful for organizations that want to work with the Corps on habitat
restoration projects. For more information or a registration form,
contact
Kelly Miller at kmiller at amrivers_org or call 1-877-4RIVERS.
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