The Corps Baltimore District plans to work state and local officials to restore 6.3 acres of salt marsh in Maryland s coastal bays. The project will remove a common invasive plant and re-establish salt marsh grasses.
To learn more or submit comments, visit:
(Select the following to go to:) http://www.nab.usace.army.mil/projects/Maryland/ocpines-brief.htm
To learn more about Corps of Engineers habitat restoration programs, visit
(Select the following to go to:) http://www.amrivers.org/corpsreform.html
Two appendixes to the a Corps DEIS on Snake River salmon conclude that removal of four Snake Rivers dams would save endangered fall chinook and steelhead runs, and help save spring/summer chinook runs. But, the Corps economic analysis underestimates the recreation benefits of dam removal and exaggerates the costs.
To learn more or submit comments, visit www.amrivers.org/snake.html . Public hearings will be held over the next few months and comments must be submitted by March 31. To view the report, go to:
(Select the following to go to:) http://www.nww.usace.army.mil/
The Corps will soon decide whether to reform Missouri River dam operations to implement a spring rise to trigger fish reproduction and build sandbars for nesting shorebirds. Five Senators and more 20 conservation groups have also urged the Corps to suspend summer barge navigation to aid recreation.
For more information on the split season alternative and what you can do, visit:
(Select the following to go to:) http://www.amrivers.org/missourispringrisefacts.html
House and Senate negotiators reconciled competing versions of the Energy and Water Appropriations Bill for FY 2000, which provides annual funding for the Corps. To view the conference report, visit
(Select the following to go to:) http://thomas.loc.gov/ on the World Wide Web and type in H. Rpt. 106-336.
Officials with the Office of Management and Budget and the Corps of Engineers are developing the Clinton Administration s Budget Request for FY 2001. To learn more bout funding priorities for FY 2001 and what you can do, visit
(Select the following to go to:) http://www.amrivers.org/rbudget.html
Suzy McDowell
Outreach Coordinator American Rivers
1025 Vermont Ave, NW, #720
Washington, DC 20005
202-347-7550 x3040
smcdowell@amrivers.org
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