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The Missouri River drains one-sixth of the United States, encompassing over 529,350 square miles, the river flows 2,341
miles through seven states. The basin is also home to 28 American Indian Tribes. There are many diverse non-governmental
stakeholders with lives and livelihoods linked to the river (e.g., farmers, waterway industries, hydro and thermal power,
and outdoor recreationists, and many more).
Established in the fall of 2008, the Missouri River Recovery Committee (MRRIC) serves as a basin-wide collaborative forum
to come together and develop a shared vision and comprehensive plan for Missouri River recovery.
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Authorized by Congress in Section 5018 of the 2007 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), the Committee is to make
recommendation and provide guidance on: 1) a study of the Missouri River and its tributaries known as the Missouri
River Ecosystem Recovery Plan (MRERP), and 2) activities in the existing Missouri River recovery and mitigation program
(MRRP).
MRRIC is exempt from the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA).
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By signing the Implementation Guidance for Section 5018 of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2007, John Paul
Woodley, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, approved the Charter for MRRIC and established the Committee
in July, 2008.
Prior to the formation of MRRIC, the Committee Charter was drafted by a basin-wide multi-stakeholder group facilitated by
the US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution (
http://www.ecr.gov).
For more information on the Charter drafting process, please visit:
http://missouririver.ecr.gov.
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The Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee has nearly 70 members who represent a wide array of local, state,
tribal, and federal interests throughout the Missouri River Basin.
The Committee has 28 seats who represent 16 non-governmental stakeholder
categories. Stakeholder representatives,
and their alternates, were selected by the Army Corps of Engineers with input from the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
One-third of the
initial stakeholder members serve on the Committee for one year, one third of terms are for two years, and one third
are for three years. After this initial period, stakeholder member terms will be a standard three years.
Organizations and entities interested in representing one of the interest categories on the Committee are invited to
submit a member application. Applications are due July
31 of each year and appointments are made by the US Army Corps of Engineers by October 1 of each year.
In addition to the stakeholder members, eight states,
18 American Indian Tribes and, thirteen federal agencies appointed
representatives to the Committee.
To learn more about the Committee members and the interests, organizations and governments they represent, see the
MRRIC Roster.
The Committee is chaired by John Thorson.
For more information on the purpose and scope of the MRRIC as well as the duties and responsibilities of its members,
please read the
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