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CORPS REVAMPS WEBSITE <br />Calendar of Events <br />ON RIVERS AND LAKES <br />What do trout anglers, boaters, <br />July 25 <br />Thirty - seventh Annual Meeting, Kansas- <br />. <br />Oklahoma Arkansas River Commission, <br />commercial towboat pilots and float <br />Muskogee, OK. Contact: Scott Robinson, <br />stream canoeists have in common? An <br />(918) 682 -7886. <br />updated tool, that's what. The Army <br />Corps of Engineers' Little Rock District <br />Aug. 7 -9 <br />Annual Arkansas Governor's Conference <br />has revamped its Internet site to provide <br />on Waterborne Transportation, North Little <br />up-to -date information on several rivers <br />Rock Riverfront Hilton. Contact: Arkansas <br />and lakes in Arkansas and southern <br />Waterways Commission, (501) 682 -1173. <br />Missouri. <br />Aug. 16-17 <br />Mississippi Water Resources Assoc. annual <br />It offers near real -time a data <br />$a$ <br />meeting, Biloxi, MS. Contact: Dierdre <br />on lake levels, Arkansas River elevations, <br />McGowan, (601) 353 -8538. <br />river and stream flows and releases from <br />dams, as well as a three -day lake level <br />Sept. 19 -21 <br />National Waterways Conference, Inc., <br />forecast and a three- to four -day <br />annual meeting, Seelbach Hotel, Louisville, <br />Arkansas River flow forecast. It also <br />KY. Contact: Ms. Worth Gatti, (202) 296 - <br />offers links to other water - related sites. <br />4415. <br />Informationincludes powerhouse <br />Oct. 31- <br />Port Symposium 2001, sponsored by the <br />releases from Beaver, Table Rock, Bull <br />Nov. 2 <br />International Port School at the University of <br />Shoals, Norfork and Greers Ferry lakes <br />Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast and the <br />during the past few days. The data is <br />Mississippi State Port Authority at Gulfport, <br />generally no more than four hours old, <br />Grand Casino Oasis Resort, Gulfport, MS. <br />and when coupledwith the Southwestern <br />Contact: Dayonne McGuire, (228) 867 -8778, <br />PowerAdministration's on-line estimated <br />or e-mail M s. McGuire at <br />generation schedules, it provides a good <br />davonne.mc rer&usm.edu. <br />profile about river conditions and <br />Nov. 14 <br />22 Annual Oklahoma Governor's Water <br />estimates of what to expect. <br />Conference, Renaissance Hotel/Myriad <br />Of course, heavy rain or changes <br />Convention Center, downtown Oklahoma <br />in the availability of electricity, such as a <br />City, Okla. Reception Nov. 13. Contact: <br />thermal poser plant being taken offline or <br />Oklahoma Water Resources Board, (405) 530 - <br />a spike in consumer demand, can alter <br />8800. <br />generation schedules. Thus, anglers <br />should exercise caution because flows <br />Aug. 26- <br />Lock maintenance closures for Norrell <br />downstream ofthese dams can change at <br />Sept. 4, <br />Lock (No. 1) at NM 10.3 and Lock No. 2 at <br />any time. <br />2002 <br />NM 13.2 on the McClellan Kerr Arkansas <br />River Navigation System. Contact: Little Rock <br />District's Maintenance Engineering Section, <br />To access the Corps' site, go to <br />(501) 324 -5739. <br />the Little Rock District's website at <br />hh=J /www.swl.usace.ar y. andclick <br />2003 <br />bock maintenance desures for W.D. Mayo <br />the "water management" button To <br />Lock (No. 14) at NM 319.6 and Webbers Falls <br />access the Southwestern Power <br />Lock (No. 16) at NM 366.6 on the McClellan - <br />Administration Internet site, go to <br />Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. <br />bm:/twww.swoa.gov /emeration.htm. <br />Dates to be set at a later time. <br />Page 3 <br />