The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans five public meetings later this month to discuss the new draft operating plan for the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System. One of the meetings is scheduled at Corps’ facilities in Smithville on Wednesday, October 29.

The public meetings will include a presentation from the Corps regarding 2014 operations and plans for managing the reservoir system in 2015, followed by a question and answer session. There will also be an opportunity for members of the public and stakeholders to speak one-on-one with Corps officials.

The draft 2014-2015 Annual Operating Plan anticipates serving all of the authorized project purposes, including flood control, navigation, hydropower, water supply, water quality control, irrigation, recreation and fish and wildlife, including threatened and endangered species. Click the above to view the draft plan on the Corps’s web site.

Comments on the draft plan will be taken during the series of public meetings. Written and email comments will be accepted through November 21, 2014. Email comments should be sent to: [email protected]

The public meetings will be conducted at the following times and locations:

Monday, Oct. 27 – Fort Peck, Mont.
Start time: 6 p.m.
Fort Peck Interpretative Center
Lower Yellowstone Rd.

Tuesday, Oct. 28 – Bismarck, ND
Start time: 11 a.m.
Bismarck Civic Center
315 S. 5th St.

Tuesday, Oct. 28 – Pierre, SD
Start time: 6 p.m.
Capitol Lake Visitor Center
500 E. Capitol Ave.

Wednesday, Oct. 29 – Smithville, Mo.
Start time: 11 a.m.
Jerry Litton Visitor Center
16311 DD Hwy

Wednesday, Oct. 29 – Council Bluffs, Iowa
Start time: 6 p.m.
Western Historic Trails Center
3434 Richard Downing Ave.