WSP06216

• File Number: 8407.500
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications - Missouri River
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 5/1/1980
• Author: MRBC
• Title: Missouri River Basin Water Resources Management Plan - Part I - Chapters I-VI
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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program to resolve this problem. Therefore, the first of the basinwide

conclusions and additional recommendations is that the Commission should

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address this problem following the completion of the Missouri River Basin

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Hydrology study in 1982. Implicit in this problem is the need to integrate

planning activities for Indian lands into the comprehensive planning process.

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A number of basinwide and statewide programs are recommended to address

flooding problems in the Missouri Basin. These recommendations range from the

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structural programs of the Corps of Engineers and Soil Conservation Service to

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flood plain management programs administered by states and the Federal

Emergency Management Agency. Efforts by the National Weather Service to

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improv~ flood forecasting techniques and effectiveness supplement these

structural and nonstructural measures. By addressing flooding problems through

the vigorous implementation of these programs, flood damages can be controlled

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and, in some areas of the basin, even decreased.

Recognition of both Federal and State roles in promoting fish and wildlife

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resources in the Missouri Basin is reflected in the growing number and

prominence of basinwide and statewide programs directed at better managing

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these resources. On the Federal side, Fish and Wildlife Service programs

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address virtually every aspect of fish and wildlife management, especially the

protection of endangered species and migratory birds and the enhancement of the

Missouri Basin's fisheries. On the State side, State agency programs are

directed primarily at improving fisheries and hunting and protecting and

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managing nongame species.

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Continued and wise development of irrigation is sought in many parts of

the Missouri Basin. Agriculture is by far the predominant industry in the

Missouri Basin. Irrigated lands can play an important role in the continued

growth and prosperity of the basin.

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