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<br />GENERAL SESSION I: <br />THE MISSOURI RIVER SYSTEM <br /> <br /> <br />~Iodt'rator: .J. Edward Hwwn. .\fH.......\ fJireUlJT <br />1/J/I'Q /j,'partnwlH I/f Sat/ITal Res()urn'.~. <br /> <br />It d"t'.~n 'I takt- a fpall.... <le,Urall;' w<ltch tClliw,Jrt' th'H <br />Wf' Slllrt..d a liull' bit latt'r than .'{:;10. What I'm I{oing <br />tvdo is limit OJ:-' comment,; lu introducing thf' ~p('akt'rs <br />in ordt'f 10 help u." j{IO' back on ,;cht.dull:'. I think thl" <br />program l.<,t' h~in' today i,. fairly amhitiolJs llnd if Wt' <br />arE' guing to makt' SUT!' everyh()dy has thpir ;;<1:-', Wt' <br /> <br />J. Edward Brown <br /> <br />J Edward Brown IS the Stale Willer CoorOonalor '" Iowa <br />WIth the Department Of Natural Resources He serves as the <br />congress.onat and IegIslatrve liaison for the department and <br />represel'llS Iowa on both the Mlssoun and me MISSlSSIppl River <br />BaSWl Associations He has sef\Ied. lor aver fifteen years. 1'1 <br />a vanety of pos.t>Ofl$ In Iowa. pl"WTlanty related 10 water re- <br />sources. He holds a Masl~ Degree in Chemistry from Penn <br />Slale Uf1jvel'"S11Y al"ld a law Degree from the Urvvef'5lfy 01 Vir- <br />ginia Poor to c:om.ng to Iow-a. Jim worlIed as II chemist With <br />adlemical manufactunogcompany, Hea/so worI<ed two years <br />WIth the United Stales EnVlronmeotal Protec1JOn Agency <br /> <br />n(-t'd to ket'p on track. <br /> <br />The purpo:<t' of this part of thi' proj!ram is to g-ive <br />an overvif'w "fthings in thi' past and how we've g-otten <br />to wherf' Wf' are. The first speaker todll.\' witl he Da\'{' <br />11eterson. <br /> <br />1l11\'id K. Pet('rson, , l....\.u.' Annly.,t <br />.\f',',\OUr/ Ha...in .....'tatt'., A.\...uC/ntiIlTl <br /> <br /> <br />Missouri River Main Stem Development <br /> <br />Thank vou .Jim. You may haw noticer! that thf' pro- <br />gram for this sympw.iurn rep{'iltf'dly refi'rrf'd to th{' <br />.\lissouri Hi\'er .\Iain :-;Iem System. I wanl to df'line <br />that term a" Wf' art' using it tod8Y heforf' going any <br />furthf'[. Thf' term .\Iis':'uuri Hiwr Ha:<in. of ('l)ur~i', <br />reff'r" to tht' enllre drainage tm,:,in. The watershed. if <br />you wish, of the .\tii'souri Hiver al)(J\f' it:< mouth. It" <br />l'ont1ut'nce with thf' .\tJssis:<ippi Hiver. near St. Louis. <br />The ha,sin's drainage is \'in a sy:<tf'm of ,:,tn'am,:, and <br />ri\'er,.. thalClIntrihute their llow to the .\Iii':<ouri Hiver <br />alon~ it,:. :!:,fll.) mile ("(Jur:<f' from Thrf"e Forb, \Iontana <br />to it,:. mouth. Tht. namf"S of many of thOSE: tribulari€':< <br />are synonymou,:, with we:<tNn "f'ulement. Tht' O:<agt', <br />the Kans.b, tht' Platte. lht' :-;iollx. thf' ,Iam/;',:., the <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />:-"'iohrllra. tht' Big Horn, thf' .\Idk, the Yellowstone, <br />ju,,! [0 mf"ntion a ft'w of them. <br /> <br />What we frl('U;:' on today i.s thf' .\tis;:.ouri Hiwr itself. <br />Thf' main stem of that nt'twork of watN ("oursel'- thai <br />drain thi:< half. million :<qU8fe milf'. ten Slatf'. inter- <br />national riwr hilsin that comprisb one-sixth of the <br />coterminou" forty.eight :<ta[es of tht' nalion. WE' rt'fer <br />to "i<ystem" in today'l'- program 10 dE'scribe the riwr <br />and thE' modifications that WE' humans haw made to <br />it on'r the past one hundrf"d ~'ears or so. bUI mainl~' <br />in tht' last ,j,') year.<..ThE' "Yl'-tf"m i,. the ri\er a,. Wt' know <br />it today, FrE't' 110wing in pla~'t:':<. dammed in others. <br />funnf'lt'd through turbineI'. squl;'t'lt'd by dikE:I' and lined <br /> <br />