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<br />.,........ <br />" <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />electric pOwer general Ion lacililies and future power needs and <br />pOlentials in lhe Missouri Rivf'r basin. <br /> <br />Public In'ormation Program <br /> <br />As in prf'vious ~'ean, lhe Commission published several documents <br />in FY81 10 inform the public of its ,)ctivities. The~e publications included <br />minUles 0/ regular Commission meetings. an annual repon 0/ the <br />Commission'., activitIes in lhe preceding yeJr. proc('edings of special <br />conferences and workshops. reports 01 plans and special studie,>. and <br />the '.Basin Bulletin" nev\Sleller. l'\ev..'s rel('.lses v.ere prepdred ,md <br />distribuled summarizing Commission dctiviti~. ,]Od members and <br />staff p.Hticipaled in numerous public meelings 10 report Commission <br />programs. <br /> <br />Comprehensive Planning <br /> <br />pfl';I.U' <br />I"inr pl.HI r, <br />/. ,11'IHll"I! <br />201,1) <br /> <br />r,,1 "JlU(ll <br />I ,d., ~r,ll, <br />.",J, ,flll/r, <br /> <br />,i.llt <br />If" .1.1" <br />I,..'tr" <br /> <br />01 ( '(1Jf't"fl"{].lv' lO' ,II ,'Jr",,/. <br />I", ,J! ill'! {1I"1. "fllrl'" Ir,1/ <br />P.l WJ-Im. "tT Jf"l <br /> <br />Water Resources Management Plan <br /> <br />The purpose oi the Commission's \\Jter resources plan is 10 guide <br />m.magem('nl of wdter and relaled Idnd r('sourcf'S from a regional <br />pf'r~peClive. The plan is designed to give thl' Administration and <br />Congres,> a ~ldl('m('nl of regional concerns to me during leder al author- <br />izing and funding pron'sst>,>. It is also meanl to help governors and <br />legislatures of basin states in then Woller management decisiom. <br /> <br />The Commission published its Iirst wdtet mdndgemenl pldn ior the <br />basin in 1977. An Upd.lled water managemen! pldn WdS .ldOpled and <br />dislribuled in FY81. <br /> <br />The updated pl.ln was organized by subbdsin 10 involve sldte dnd tederdl <br />dgency repre~entati"e~ in planning at a more 10Cdlizl'dlevt'1. The plan <br />identifies Wdlet problems .lnd needs by subbasin and pre~enl~ slale <br />dnd regiondl wdter resourc('s manag('ment objecti\es, The plan <br />re("ommends prmpective Wdtet and relaled land resources programs <br />in lhe bdsin fo meet these objeClives. An environmental impdct stdle- <br />ment wa~ preparli'd .lS part of the updaled pldn. <br /> <br />Le\'el 8 Studies <br /> <br />level 8 Sludies ar(' comprehensive studies of water ,]Od related land <br />resources conducted in aredS ~\ here more detailed informdtion is <br />needed b~ the Commission. These studi~ involve federdl. SIdle. and <br />local interests in deH'loping a n'comml'nded water and related land <br />resources mdndgement plan. <br /> <br />In FY81. the Commission Jpprmed Jnd distributed Ihe "L:pper .'1issouri <br />River level 8 Study Report" Jnd accompanying environmental im- <br />pact ~tatement, The Upper ,'\.hssouri study cm{'red aboul 83,200 sqUdre <br />miles lying almO~1 entirely in the State 0/ ,'\10nland. <br /> <br />The recommended pldn for lhe Upper ,'\.1issouri River drea seeks to <br />supply irrigation water, imprme fish dnd wildlite hdbital. control <br />Iloods, increase hydroelectric generalion. and reduce erosion through <br />better land comet\'ation. <br /> <br />, <br />, <br />