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  • Corps reduces Gavins Point releases to winter levels

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reduced releases from Gavins Point Dam in late November, marking

  • Missouri River Tribes meet in South Dakota

    The Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee met in Rapid City, South Dakota Nov. 17-19. Missouri Basin Tribes participating in MRRIC emphasized several important Tribal needs.

  • Missouri River Committee discusses management alternatives

    The Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee met Nov. 17-19 in Rapid City, South Dakota. The meeting focused on developing the Missouri River Recovery Program Management Plan.

  • Missouri Basin runoff below average in October

    Runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, for the month of October was 0.9 million acre feet, 78 percent of average. The 2015 runoff forecast is 25.0 MAF, 99 percent of average. Average annual runoff is 25.3 MAF.

  • Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee to meet in South Dakota

    The Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee will hold its next quarterly meeting Nov. 17-19 in Rapid City, South Dakota.

  • Missouri Basin runoff slightly below average; draft Annual Operating Plan available for comment

    Runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa for the month of September was just under 1.0 million acre feet (MAF), 84 percent of average. The 2015 runoff forecast is 24.9 MAF, 98 percent of average. Average annual runoff is 25.3 MAF. The total volume of water stored in the Mainstem Reservoir System is currently 59.3 MAF, occupying 3.2 MAF of the 16.3 MAF combined flood control storage zones. The plan is to evacuate all water stored in the flood zones of the reservoirs prior to the start of next year’s runoff season, which typically begins around March 1.