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<br />Whitney, South Dakota; Lee Conner and Diane Kleiboer, Wisconsin. Holly Stoerker, Upper
<br />Mississippi River Basin Association, and Richard Oppek, Missouri River Basin Association
<br />invited the Review Committee to participate in the meetings of the Associations and shared
<br />their years of experience.
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<br />Throughout the study process, the Review Committee benefited from the advice and
<br />information provided by many members of Congress, by their staff members, and by the key
<br />committee staffs.
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<br />The Review Committee would also like to thank the many Washington and basin based
<br />organizations tltat provided assistance and advice, especially the American Farm Bureau
<br />Federation, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Association of State Flood and
<br />Stormwater Managers, the Association of American State Geologists, the Environmental
<br />Defense Fund, the Illinois Farm Bureau Federation, the McKnight Foundation, the National
<br />Association of Conservation Districts, the National Corn Growers Association, the National
<br />Waterways Conference, the National Wildlife Federation, the Natural Disaster Coalition, the
<br />Nature Conservancy, and the Sierra Club.
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<br />The individuals within federal agencies who served as advisors on agency activities and as
<br />focal points to facilitate information exchange with the Review Committee deserve special
<br />note: Army, John Zirschky; DOl, Michelle Altemus and Russ Earnest; USDA, Tom Hebert,
<br />Oleta Fitzgerald, and Eric Olsen; EPA, Dick Sanderson and David Davis; FEMA, Dick
<br />Moore, Dick Krimm, Jane Bullock, Morrie Goodman, and Martha Braddock; HHS, RADM
<br />Frank Young; HUD, Truman Goins; DOT, Susan Gaskins; DOL, Ed Flynn; NWS, Eugene
<br />Stallings; and USACE, MG Stan Genega, Hugh Wright, and Jerry Peterson.
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<br />During the preparation of any report, invaluable assistance is provided by the individuals
<br />who go beyond 'the call of duty.' The Review Committee would like extend its thanks to
<br />Paul Alberti, Don Barnes, Whalen Blair, Patti Cogdell, Gary Dyhouse, Mary Lou East,
<br />Brian Hyde, George Johnson, Jim Karel, Stuart Kasden, John Kerr, David Lawson, Andy
<br />Manale, Kermit Mann, David May, John McShane, Jeanne Melanson, Mark Merritt, Matt
<br />Miller, Marty Reuss, Kyle Schilling, Josephine Scott, Eugene Stakhiv, Kevin Tonat, Nancy
<br />Yeager, Chet Worm, Larry Zensinger, and Don Zochi.
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<br />Thanks are due to the National Park Service, the USACE, the USDA and the Missouri
<br />Department of Conservation for the photographs used in the report.
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<br />While the above groups and individuals have provided much valuable advice, the Review
<br />Committee bears sole responsibility for all views expressed in this report.
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