For information regarding the Master Manual, Biological Opinions, MRRIC and other related Missouri River issues, please follow the suggested links:

(NOTE: clicking on links may open or download files for viewing. You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the PDF files and MS Word to view the DOC files.)

Federal Agencies/Facilitators

Missouri River Recovery Program: www.moriverrecovery.org

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: www.fws.gov/

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Northwestern Division: www.nwd.usace.army.mil/home.asp

U.S. Geological Survey: www.usgs.gov/

U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution: missouririver.ecr.gov

CDR Associates: www.mediate.org


State Agencies and/or Associations

Missouri Office of the Attorney General: www.ago.mo.gov/

Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR): www.dnr.mo.gov

Missouri DNR-Water Resources Center-Interstate Waters Web Page: www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wrc/interstwtrs/Interstate_Waters.htm

Missouri DNR – Interstate Waters Hot Topics: www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wrc/interstwtrs/riverhottopics.htm

Missouri Department of Conservation: www.conservation.state.mo.us

Missouri River Levee and Drainage District Association: www.mldda.org/

Missouri River Basin Association (MRBA): www.mrba-missouri-river.com   

Missouri River Keepers: www.missouririvertechnicalgroup.com

MARC 2000: www.marc2000.org

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Master Manual, Annual Operating Plan & Spring Rise Information

Final AOP 2007 - 2008 (PDF 2.7 MB)

Draft 2007-08 AOP (PDF 1.6 MB)

Draft 2007-08 AOP Public Comments(Word Doc 43 KB)

Missouri River Mainstem System 2006-2007 Annual Operating Plan (PDF 2.8 MB)

State of Missouri 2006-2007 Annual Operating Plan Final Comment Letter (PDF 56 KB)

Coalitiong to Protect the Missouri River Final Comments on the 2006-2007 Annual Operating Plan (DOC 30 KB)

Draft 2006-07 Annual Operating Plan (PDF 2.0 MB)

Draft 2006-07 Annual Operating Plan Slides (PDF 3.1 MB)

Missouri River Basin Management Information (e.g. Current Conditions, Forecasts): www.nwd-mr.usace.army.mil/rcc/index.html

Master Manual Information: www.nwd-mr.usace.army.mil/mmanual/mast-man.htm

2005-2006 Missouri River Annual Operating Plan: www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wrc/docs/2005-2006FinalAOP.pdf

Spring Rise Plenary Process: www.nwd-mr.usace.army.mil/mmanual/mast-man.htm

Plans for Monitoring Spring Pulse Releases from Gavins Point Dam: www.nwd-mr.usace.army.mil/rcc/mrric.html

Endangered and Threatened Species’ Information

USGS Publications – Missouri River

A Conceptual Life-History Model for Pallid and Shovelnose Sturgeon (USGS CIR 2007-1315)

Distribution of Potential Spawning Habitat for Sturgeon in the Lower Missouri River, 2003-2006 (USGS OFR 2007-1192)

Development of Methods to Determine the Reproductive Status of Pallid Sturgeon in the Missouri River (video files that accompany report)

Factors Affecting the Reproduction, Recruitment, Habitat, and Population Dynamics of Pallid Sturgeon and Shovelnose Sturgeon in the Missouri River (USGS OFR 2007-1262)

Habitat Assessment for Pallid Sturgeon Overwintering Surveys, Lower Missouri River

Land Capability Potential Index (LCPI) for the Lower Missouri River Valley (USGS SIR 2007-5256)

Aquatic Habitat Mapping with an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler: Considerations for Data Quality (USGS OFR-2005-1163)

Assessment of Missouri River Habitat Quality Using SPMDs

Assessment of Shallow-Water Habitat Availability in Modified-Dike Structures, Lower Missouri River, 2004 Appendix (USGS OFR-2004-1409)

Ecological Dynamics of Wetlands at Lisbon Bottom, Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, MO (USGS OFR-2004-1036)

Flow and Form in Rehabilitation of Large-River Ecosystems: An Example from the Lower Missouri River

Habitat Assessment, Missouri River at Hermann, Missouri (USGS OFR OF 02-32)

Initial Biotic Survey of Lisbon Bottom, Big Muddy Fish and Wildlife Refuge

Physical Habitat Dynamics in Four Side-channel Chutes, Lower Missouri River (USGS OFR 2004-1071)

Relation of Missouri River Flows to Sandbar Morphology with Implications for Selected Biota (Master's Thesis)

Risk and Consequence Analysis Focused on Biotic Transfers Potentially Associated with Surface Water Diversions Between the Missouri River and Red River Basins

River-Corridor Habitat Dynamics Research, Lower Missouri River

Ultrasonic and Endoscopic Examination of Lower Missouri and Lower Mississippi Pallid Sturgeon to Determine Sex and 2006 Broodstock Potential

Visualization of Flow Alternatives (Lower Missouri River)

For other USGS publications regarding Missouri River issues, go to http://137.227.231.90/pubs/pubs.htm#moriver.

USGS Sturgeon Research Update July 07 (PDF 1.1 MB)

2005 USGS Update on Sturgeon Research (PDF 1.5 MB)

2006 USGS Sturgeon Research Draft Report (PDF 2.0 MB)

Biological Opinions and Related Information: https://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/pd-e/environmental.html

Pallid Sturgeon, Interior Least Tern & Piping Plover Recovery Plans: www.nwd-mr.usace.army.mil/rcc/mrric.html

Pallid Sturgeon Reports and Studies: https://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/pd-e/PallidSturgeon2.html    

Interior Least Tern and Piping Plover Reports: https://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/pd-e/TernsAndPlovers2.htm

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MRRIC Information

MRRIC Charter Final – July 1, 2008

MRRIC Charter Drafting Information: http://missouririver.ecr.gov

Official Comments: Proposed Framework for Establishing the Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee (MRRIC)
(Word Doc. 52kb)

PROPOSED FRAMEWORK FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MISSOURI RIVER RECOVERY IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE 083106 (PDF 1.2 MB)

The Final Situation Assessment Report on the possibility of convening the MRRIC:
www.nwd-mr.usace.army.mil/rcc/reports/mrric/FINALSituatonAssessmentReport.pdf

Legal Information

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT (PDF 35 KB)

Court Ruling - State of Missouri Spring Rise Litigation 110306 (PDF 35 KB)

SUPPLEMENTAL AFFIDAVIT OF MICHAEL D. WELLS IN SUPPORT OF MISSOURI’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 082506 (PDF 33 KB)

MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO FEDERAL DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 082506 (PDF 67 KB)

Missouri AGO Complaint (PDF 588 KB)

Missouri Memo Support Summary Judgment - Spring Rise 0806.pdf

Missouri Spring Rise Motion Summary Judgment 0806.pdf

MO DNR Affadavit - Spring Rise 0806.pdf

Eighth Circuit Court Ruling (August 16, 2005): www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wrc/docs/8thCircuitRuling08.16.05.pdf

Supreme Court Petitions (November 2005):
            Environmental Defense Fund/National Wildlife Federation (Denied April 24, 2006)
                        Missouri's Response
                        Department of Justice Response

            North Dakota/South Dakota (Denied April 24, 2006)
                        Missouri's Response
                        Department of Justice Response

            North Dakota (Denied March 20, 2006)
                        Department of Justice Response

General Information of Interest

Daily River Data: www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wrc/interstwtrs/Missouri_River.htm

Missouri Resources Winter 2006: www.dnr.mo.gov/magazine/2006-winter.pdf

Missouri River Mitigation Project: www.nwk.usace.army.mil/projects/mitigation/

USGS – Missouri River InfoLINK: http://infolink.cr.usgs.gov/

The Missouri National Recreation River: https://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/pd-e/MNRR.html

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