Water Resource News: Arkansas Basin Development Association Volume 12 Number 2

• Description: Water Resource News: Arkansas Basin Development Association Volume 12 Number 2
• State: CO
• Date: 8/6/2001
• Title: Water Resource News: Arkansas Basin Development Association Volume 12 Number 2
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

Did you know ...
. . .that the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, which provides more recreation
services than the National Park Service,
operates 4,340 recreation sites at 463 separate
projects? About 376 million visits were
recorded last year.
... that barges account for about 15
percent of the freight moved throughout the
United States, but at only about two percent of
the freight bill?
that, according to the EPA,
towboats emit 35-60 percent fewer pollutants
than locomotives or trucks?
... that with every 15 -barge tow on
our rivers, there are 870 fewer semi - trailer
trucks on: our highways — resulting in
significantly less traffic, accidents, noise and
fuel usage?
... that nearly 500 U.S. grain transfer
facilities are served by water transportation,
with the largest number — over 140 facilities —
located on the Upper Mississippi River and the
111inois Waterway?
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OKLAHOMA AQUARIUM
CONSTRUCTION BEGINS
Conshuctionhas begun on the OklahomaAgnarium,
which will be opening on the banks of the Arkansas River in
Jenks, Okla, during the summer of 2002.
The aquarium will be located on 34 acres and will
display and provide education about thousands of aquatic
animals, as well as opportunities for hands -on aquatic
education at facility wet labs.
The $15- million nonprofit aquarium will be housed
in a60,000 square foot facility that will feature more than 200
exhibits, including the 'Karl and Beverly White National
Fishing Museum. The Museum will house one of the most
comprehensive antique tackle collections in the world. The
collection is worth about $4 million and is comprised of
about 30,000 artifacts.
Other exhibits will showcase both fresh water and
salt water animals — including turtles, sharks, piranhas and
Oklahoma's 240 native fish. Several piranha and other salt
water fish species already have arrived in Oklahoma and are
becoming acclimated in a holding facility.
The majority of the funding for the aquarium will
come from revenue bonds, with the remainder coming from
loans, grants and donations.
For more information about the Oklahoma
Aquarium, go to okaquariwn.org or check out the Oklahoma
Department of Wildlife Conservation's Web site at
www.wildlifedgartment.cgnit
Auarium.htm.
Membership Application
Arkansas Basin Development Association, Inc.
Water resources voice for the Arkansas River Basin
Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Afssouri and Oklahoma
(FAX #)
Individual $75.00
E-mail Address
Business $150.00
MAIL TO: ABDA, Inc., PO Bons 1194, Owasso, OK 74055 -1194 (918) 838 -9933; FAX: [phone]
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