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<br />n"'....') <br /> <br />The long legolcy of cooperollion among ~t.lle,Il.>dl;'roll, and 10colI Kroup~ to <lchie\e <br />coordinolled ....oller re~OUf(es moln.J!';emenl ...ithin the "..1i~~ouri RiH'r b.J~in did <br />nOl end with lelmin.Jlion 01 th{' '1is~OUfi RIver B<I~in Commi~sjon_ The Mi~~oufi <br />B.lsin Sldtes i\ssonallon wa~ formed in Sepl('mbt'f 1981 by dction oj Iht, Rov{'rnor~ <br />01 the len 1I.1issouri River bdSIn ~Iales 10 COnllnut' legional ...oltN r(>Source <br />coordinalion in the bJ~in. 10 .mal~-le re!';iondl W.lt('! resource~ Issues. dnd 10 <br />complete two mdjor ongoing ~tudies bt'gun by the .'\-1is50uli Rivl"l Bdsin Com- <br />mission. Allhough proKram~ of Ih(' "'\ssoci.1tlon will be rpduceu in ~(-ope and <br />lundinK /rom lhosp conducted during the pJ~l decdue, lht' bd~in sl.ll('~ hdV(" <br />mddf'd commitment 10 conllnulng .I COOrdlndtlon me(holnl~m ""hplf'by <br />common problems Cdn be dndlyzed dnd discussed .lnd hopt'lully solutions <br />aKreed upon belorl' bdrriels glo", bel...een Ih(' stdles. This repor! JI~o contdins <br />d ~hort s('clion on "S~odoltion progrdms. <br /> <br />In the ~('hem(' 01 thinKS. thO" ,\1IS50Ufl Rher BaSin CommiSSIOn occupit'd only <br />a smdll pOri ion ollhe time lh.lI has dlreddv bO"en d('\Oled to "'dt'N rf'~our(-e <br />df'vt'lopment and mdn<lKt'm('nt In lhe ,\11~souri R,vpr basin. I trU~1 hislorv <br />...ill show thdl the cooperallv(' eliofl~ 01 those governors. Ch<llrmen, ""ke <br />Chdirmen, Slal(' dnd I('deral Commis~ion m('mbers. Stdli. and interesled <br />public citilens hd.e conlributed to d berrer undersldnding 01 ...oller resources <br />in Ihe Missoufl Riv'er b,lsin dnd h,l\le ImpfoH~d decisions which ...ill affN1 <br />lulure generdllons 01 bJ.~in re~ldenK In Ihdl ~plrit of cooper,ltlon. we dedicdle <br />to Ihal group 01 individudls thi~ n81, .ind lind!. annual It'pon of IhfO ,\1Iswuri <br />Rivel Basin Commission. <br /> <br />SincNeI~. <br /> <br />/.tkO"/k'~L1.~ <br />Gt'orge L Chmlopulos <br />Vice Chalfman and "-ning Chairman <br /> <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />GeorgI" L Chrislopulos <br />Vice Chairmdn dnd <br />-""ing Chdirm<ln <br /> <br />) <br />