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Missouri River Basin spring public meetings announced
3/15/2024
Public Meetings are held each spring and fall across the Missouri River basin. Upper Basin spring public meetings will be held the week of March 25 in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana...
Despite early runoff, upper basin runoff forecast below average; Gavins Point releases to increase for navigation flow support
3/7/2024
A warm February led to increased snowmelt and runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa. February runoff was 1.8 million acre-feet, 161% of average with above average runoff in every...
Average Garrison Dam releases declining to address downstream ice
2/29/2024 UPDATED
**Updated to note continued decline in releases toward 16,000 cfs ahead of the forecast schedule.** Fluctuations in temperatures in the Bismarck area have resulted in ice formation on the Missouri...
Below average runoff forecast for the upper Missouri River Basin in 2024
2/6/2024 UPDATED
**Last paragraph to note Forecast generation for 2024 is 8.6 billion kWh. It had been incorrectly stated as 2023.** The updated 2024 calendar year runoff forecast for the Missouri River Basin above...
Dry conditions expected to persist for the Missouri River Basin
1/5/2024
For the 2023 calendar year, Missouri River Basin runoff above Sioux City, Iowa totaled 30.4 million acre-feet (MAF), 118% of average. Despite the above average runoff last year, the U.S. Army Corps of...
Now Available: Final 2023-2024 Missouri River Operating Plan
12/27/2023
The Final Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System Annual Operating Plan for the 2023-2024 runoff season is now available.This Annual Operating Plan (AOP) presents the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’...
Gavins Point Dam releases reduced to winter release rate
12/6/2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began reducing the Gavins Point releases to the winter release rate on November 23 with the navigation flow support season ending on December 1 at St. Louis, MO...