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NFC: Fw: [Corps] Corps Reform Update
CASE STUDY: OCEAN PINES SALT MARSH RESTORATION
The Corps’ Baltimore District plans to work state and local officials to
restore 6.3 acres of salt marsh in Maryland’s coastal bays. The project
will
remove a common invasive plant and re-establish salt marsh grasses.
To learn more or submit comments, visit:
http://www.nab.usace.army.mil/projects/Maryland/ocpines-brief.htm
To learn more about Corps of Engineers habitat restoration programs,
visit
http://www.amrivers.org/corpsreform.html
SNAKE RIVER DEIS RELEASED
Two appendixes to the a Corps’ DEIS on Snake River salmon conclude that
removal of four Snake Rivers dams would save endangered fall chinook and
steelhead runs, and help save spring/summer chinook runs. But, the Corps’
economic analysis underestimates the recreation benefits of dam removal
and
exaggerates the costs.
To learn more or submit comments, visit www.amrivers.org/snake.html .
Public
hearings will be held over the next few months and comments must be
submitted by March 31. To view the report, go to:
http://www.nww.usace.army.mil/
SPRING RISE SOUGHT FOR THE MISSOURI
The Corps will soon decide whether to reform Missouri River dam
operations
to implement a “spring rise” to trigger fish reproduction and build
sandbars
for nesting shorebirds. Five Senators and more 20 conservation groups
have
also urged the Corps to suspend summer barge navigation to aid
recreation.
For more information on the split season alternative and what you can do,
visit: http://www.amrivers.org/missourispringrisefacts.html
FY 2000 APPROPRIATIONS BILL PASSED
House and Senate negotiators reconciled competing versions of the Energy
and
Water Appropriations Bill for FY 2000, which provides annual funding for
the
Corps. To view the conference report, visit http://thomas.loc.gov/ on the
World Wide Web and type in H. Rpt. 106-336.
FY 2001 BUDGET REQUEST UNDER DEVELOPMENT
Officials with the Office of Management and Budget and the Corps of
Engineers are developing the Clinton Administration’s Budget Request for
FY
2001. To learn more bout funding priorities for FY 2001 and what you can
do,
visit http://www.amrivers.org/rbudget.html
SUPPORT FY 2001 RESTORATION FUNDING
Your organization can still endorse the River Budget: National Priorities
for Local River Conservation in FY 2001. More than 400 river conservation
organizations, community groups have endorsed the budget (see
rbudget2001list.html) To view the final River Budget for FY'01, visit
American Rivers' River Budget page. To sign on, contact Suzy McDowell at
smcdowell at amrivers_org.
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with "unsubscribe Corps Reform listserve" in the subject line to
smcdowell at amrivers_org
HAPPY HOLIDAYS:)
********************
Suzy McDowell
Outreach Coordinator
American Rivers
1025 Vermont Ave, NW, #720
Washington, DC 20005
202-347-7550 x3040
smcdowell at amrivers_org