Missouri River

Water Conservation and Management

US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) - Lands along the Missouri River

The Corps developed a substantial Mitigation Project to acquire the land needed to develop fish and wildlife habitat from Sioux City, Iowa, to St. Louis, Mo.

Today, the Missouri River hosts a wide variety of interests and uses, all of which are considered in the Missouri River Recovery Program (MRRP). They include social, economic, historical and cultural uses such as agriculture, commerce, conservation, energy, environmental, natural resources, navigation, recreation, residential, urban uses and water supply. 

To locate public lands acquired through the project visit the web site map tool.

To learn more about the Missouri River Recovery Program visit the MRRP portal page

Instream Flow Project and Information

Niobrara

Presentations on Instream Appropriations and Water Resources

• History-NGPC Instream Flows
  Gene Zuerlein, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
  
  
• Instream Appropriations in Nebraska
  Dave Aiken -University of Nebraska - Lincoln
  
  
• Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Briefing,
  Mike Thompson Kearney, NE 12-05-2012
  
  
• Is There Enough Water? Implication for Understanding Fish-Habitat Linkages in the Niobrara River
  Mark Pegg - University of Nebraska - Lincoln
  
  
• Hydrogeomorphic Segments and Hydraulic Habitats of the Niobrara River, Nebraska
  Jason S. Alexander, Hydrologist - U.S. Dept of the Interior and U.S. Geological Survey.
  
  
• What are Federal Reserved Water Rights?
  William Hansen, Chief, Water Rights Branch - NPS Water Resources Division, Fort Collins, CO.
  
  
• Geohydrology of the Niobrara Basin
  James Goeke, Prof. Emeritus, Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources - University of Nebraska- Lincoln.
  
  
• (Coming Soon ) Economics of out of stream water  -Dr. Steven Schultz, Professor of Real Estate, College of Business Administration, University of Nebraska – Omaha

Questions and Answers on Instream Flows

• Game and Parks Letter to Nebraska Department of Natural Resources.
• Enclosure 1 - Beneficial Uses and Public Interest. (16 pages)
• Enclosure 2 - Platte River Catfish Population Dynamics and Tagging Study 2010
• Enclosure 3 - Platte River Catfish Population Dynamics and Tagging Study 2011
• Enclosure 4- Confirmed Nebraska Whooping Crane Records 1942- 2010 and critical habitat.
• Enclosure 5 - Legal and Public Notices Pursuant to 15 year review.

Additional Information

Read Eric Fowler's Blog on the Ebb and Flow of our Rivers (Nov. 5-2010)
Cool things I’ve learned … like fluvial geomorphology