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Missouri River Basin spring public meetings announced

Missouri River Basin Water Management
Published March 15, 2024
A graphic showing a map of the Missouri River basin on a black background. The Missouri River and its tributaries are highlighted in blue. The six mainstem dams of Fort Peck in Montana, Garrison in North Dakota, Oahe in Pierre, Big Bend, downstream of Pierre, Fort Randall Dam, and Gavins Point Dam in South Dakota with markers in red. In yellow downstream flow target locations in Sioux City, Omaha, Nebraska City, and Kansas City are noted. On the left, the dates and locations of the Fall public meetings are called out. March 26 10 AM CDT - Prairie Knights Casino & Resort 
7932 ND-24 Fort Yates, ND 58538; March 27 10 AM CDT
Casey Tibbs Conference Center 210 Verendrye Drive Fort Pierre, SD 57532; March 28 1 PM MDT Fort Peck Community College 605 Indian Ave Poplar, MT; LOWER BASIN MEETINGS WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR LATE APRIL

March 26 10 AM CDT Prairie Knights Casino & Resort 7932 ND-24 Fort Yates, ND 58538 March 27 10 AM CDT Casey Tibbs Conference Center 210 Verendrye Drive Fort Pierre, SD 57532 March 28 1 PM MDT Fort Peck Community College 605 Indian Ave Poplar, MT LOWER BASIN MEETINGS WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR LATE APRIL

Public Meetings are held each spring and fall across the Missouri River basin.

This year Upper Missouri River Basin spring public meetings are scheduled for the week of March 25. These meetings provide a status of mountain snowpack, a runoff forecast for the year, and how operations during the runoff year will meet the authorized purposes for the Missouri River Mainstem System.

Specific dates, times and locations are listed below and can be found on the website at https://www.nwd.usace.army.mil/MRWM/Public-Meetings/.

March 2610 a.m. CDT  
Prairie Knights  Casino & Resort 

7932 ND-24
Fort Yates, ND 58538

March 2710 a.m. CDT
Casey Tibbs Conference Center

210 Verendrye Drive
Fort Pierre, SD 57532 

March 281 p.m. MDT
Fort Peck Community College

605 Indian Ave
Poplar, MT

Lower Missouri River Basin spring public meetings will be scheduled for late April. Dates and times will be determined later. 


Contact
Eileen L. Williamson
402-996-3802
eileen.l.williamson@usace.army.mil

Release no. 24-007