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<br />In late 1981, when it appeared certain that rivt'r basin commis~iom <br />acro~~ tht' Nation would be terminated by Presidenlial hecutive Order, <br />the basin stales' governor~ again took dc'tion 10 torm a ne\\' regional <br />entity to continue a forum lor discussion of basinwide water concerns. <br />At the urging of Nebraska Governor Charle~ Thone, all ten basin <br />~tates' gO\ernors adopted a resolution calling for creation of the <br />r"1i~~ourj Bdsin State~ Assod.llion and requesting the Federal Govern- <br />ment to transfer the dsset~ of the Commission to the- new o\ssociation. <br /> <br />Meetings <br /> <br />,\1eelings continu{.d 10 be th~. primarv medium oj coordination for <br />the Commission in F\'81. Regular qUdrte-rly Commi~sion mt't'tings <br />were held in Omahd (34th and 36th!. Demer l35th) and Sioux City <br />(37th). <br /> <br />'...."ember caucuses filled an e\en mort' important role in Commission <br />activilies in FY81, especidlly Iht' qUo:lrterl~. caucu~es oj statt> members. <br />A~ il became appart'nt that th(' Commission would lerminate on <br />September 30. 1981, the deliberations oj th(. State C.lU(u~ turned <br />incr('asingl\ to the prmpen of maintaining d regional en!it~' to con- <br />tinue selecled activities at the Commis~ion .lIter its termJOdlion. The <br />Stolte CdUCUS appointed an ad hoc commiUee to study the desirdbility <br />of creating a new regional entity and, if determined d('~irable. to <br />recommend Its nature, form. dod funnion. <br /> <br />The dd hoc commillee's recommendation<, were Ul'li\ered to the <br />Slale Caucus in Augmt 1981, and the Caucus endorsed the committ('(''s <br />proposal (0 create.l non-profil organization, the .'\1issouri Basin Stdtes <br />A~sociation. The Caucus recomml'ndt'd the Associ.lIion complete <br />lwo ongoing Commission studies (the hydrology sludy .:IOU flood <br />plain sludy) and conlinue the Commission\ coordin.Hion rolt' <br />ulilizing the remaining assets of the Commission. <br /> <br />Several Commi~~ion committees WN(' active in 1981. An Ad Hoc <br />Missouri Ri...er Ba~jn 2030 Commitlee met iniorm.Jllv sevef.Jltimes <br />to review pOlf:>ntial future roles for thf:> Commi~~ion in vit'w of ch.lOging <br />world conditions (as forecast in the Pr('sidenliall~'.request('d "Global <br />2000 Report''I. The Compre-hensive Planning Commilfee also melon <br />several occasions 10 review Ihe Commission's pldnning process and <br />to recomm('nd modiiicaljon~ 10 the process in ...ie\..' of past experil'nce <br />and changing conditions. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Christopher Bond <br />Missouri <br /> <br />Ted Schwinden <br />Montana <br /> <br />Charles Thone <br />~ebraska <br /> <br />" ' , <br />I, <br /> <br />,. , <br />"'.~1 <br />Ii!; i <br /> <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />) <br />... <br /> <br />Ed HerschJer <br />Wyoming <br /> <br /> <br />William J, Janklow <br />South Dakota <br /> <br /> <br />AHen Olson <br />North Dakota <br /> <br />5 <br />