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<br />, . <br />') <br /> <br />missouri river basin <br /> <br />..t""-......~._L\'\I!\ <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />'It,... <br /> <br /> <br />? <br /> <br />." <br />. <br /> <br />~1tl>\k()1 <br />~ <br />'-' <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />.."..... <br />) \f 0.. T'...... <br />::r\ <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />\,.----. <br /> <br />~....-. <br /> <br />hy rf'\"{'tnH'nt~, 1t'H't'~ and !lood walls. Thil' prt'~t'n. <br />union is given today as Ii tt'mindet or briefing, on what <br />that system is. H('canst' of limt' \imiWtions. I will not <br />indude opinion. either mine or others. on the political <br />asp!;',!s of Iht' system"s dt'H.lopment. or nn Its socia\. <br />('('anomie. or {'n\"ironllwlltIlJ impacts. You can read any <br />numher of good honks Hnd papers on Iho;.(' subject", <br />and I suspt'ct sJH'akt'rs later in the program roll\' com- <br />ment on those issut's with rt'sp('et to Ihf'ir spel'lfic <br />llT!"!!S of intt'Test. <br /> <br />David K. Peterson <br /> <br />Dave Peterson presently serves as a Waler Issue Analyst <br />on !he $lal1 01 !he MISSOUri BaSlO Stales AsSOCIatIOn. He 1'18$ <br />been employed by the ASSOCiatIOn and Its predecessor. the <br />Mlssoun River Basan CommIssIOn. for almost etght years and <br />mxing tf'I8t tme fJIled several planrang and aorrw-stratlve p0- <br />SItIOnS _ Dave receIVed hls Badlelors Degree from me l,hver- <br />SIty 01 Nebraska. and has taken graduale s\Udles .... planTW"IQ <br />at both the t..lnvefslty 01 NeOraska and Kansas Slate lJno;ver- <br />S1ty Poor to pnng tne MISSOlXl RlveI" BaSWl Col1vnisSlOfl, Dave <br />served as P\arvw1g [)rector lor the QmahaJC<ud Bluffs Mel" <br />ropoIItan Area P\arvw1g Agency ard as El<OC\JtlYe Owector 01 <br />a nif'le.(:()IJr1ty regtenal council 01 goo.oemrrents .., rw;:lfth<entral <br />""""" <br /> <br />,.. <br /> <br />r~;/ <br />''-. <br />.........-----...:: <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />"'EI.A~-." <br />5J.A ~~~ <br /> <br />Ill" , <br /> <br />The :\ti~~ouri Hin'r lJt'~in~ IWIH Thrt'e Forks. :\10n- <br />tana whf>re the :\ladisoll. .]effer~(ln. IInd Gal\atin Hiv- <br />t'r~ join to form the :\.Iis~ouri Hiwr. In the intere->t of <br />time, we will hegin our down"tream journey along- the <br />~ystt'm III Fortl'e('k Dam, ahnUI ,~,(Hl mile.~ Iwlow Three <br />Fork". ~()w. we acknowlt.dW' that there art. ri\'N mod" <br />ifications thlll exi~t above Fort P('('k. Tht'sf> includf' <br />Ihe Bun.au of Hedllmatl()n'~ Canyon Ferry Dam near <br />Helena. :\lontana. which neall'S a resN\'oir nt'arly <br />four time" the \"olume of Loui~ and Clark Lake ht.hind <br />Cavins Point Dam. Other small diw'r~ion dam~ and <br />hydropower facililie~ al~(J f'xi~1 aho\"{' Fori I'eck. <br /> <br />ForI fled; is almo"t 11'.00 milt'S aho\"{' the mouth of <br />the :\ll%ouri River near (;Ia~cow. \Iontana. The dam. <br />constructpd and oppraled by the t'.S. Army Corp~ of <br />Enlrinet'r" and tht' largt'''1 of it~ type when il wa,. c1()~t'd <br />in 19:~';'. is 250 ft'et hit::h and 21.000 ft't't in length. Fort <br />Peck Lake. Iwhind Ihe dam. i", I:H mile;; Ion I'! at full <br />ri';;ervoir. Thl' total volume of th(' rt'~er\"oir i;; ju~t a <br />little II''''''' than 19 million acre fl'l'1. Fort P('("k Dam <br />wa;; aUlhoflze-d in \9:t~ as a ~atlonal Re-('overy Act <br />projl'ct. Its initial purpose wa~ to provide llood pro- <br />tt'('tion and ~uppll'mentary 110w,; fur navigation. Fort <br />Peck "et'wd anolher important purpo,;e. howl'wr. It <br />provided job;; for thou,;and~ of per;;ons during thf' <br />blf'ak. dusty thirtif'~. O\"l'rnil'ht. workl'r~ 11ockl'd to the <br />gO\'l'rnmt'nt town,. and the ,.hanty town~ that ,.pmnt:: <br /> <br />" <br />