Committee to study Missouri River management
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Posted: Saturday, September 13, 2008
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A South Dakota State University professor, W. Carter Johnson, has been appointed to a National Research Council panel on Missouri River recovery and sediment management issues.
Johnson, a nationally recognized river ecologist, has served on three similar committees for the National Academy Of Sciences.
The new committee starts its 2-year study in October.
Johnson is 1 of 13 people from across the nation appointed to the committee, which will meet five times over the next two years and publish a formal report in the summer of 2010.
According to a release, the report will include recommendations to help federal agencies and others make better management decisions about sediments and the river.
Johnson, a nationally recognized river ecologist, has served on three similar committees for the National Academy Of Sciences.
The new committee starts its 2-year study in October.
Johnson is 1 of 13 people from across the nation appointed to the committee, which will meet five times over the next two years and publish a formal report in the summer of 2010.
According to a release, the report will include recommendations to help federal agencies and others make better management decisions about sediments and the river.
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