What is a Project Scope?
The scope of this project refers to the
geographical area of the project and the period
of time to implement the plan. The Missouri
River Ecosystem Restoration Plan will have a
30-50 year implementation horizon.
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Draft Geographic Scope
"The Project Scope" is one of the key aspects to fully and accurately defining a project's purpose and need. The project's scope provides the important parameters for what is and is not included within the project or study.
Scope is defined in three manners:
- Temporal scope - the time horizon for the plan
- Spatial or geographic scope - the area of the plan under analysis and consideration
- Substantive scope - the purpose and focus of the plan
For the purposes of the Missouri River Ecosystem Restoration Plan, the temporal scope is 50 years.
The geographic scope consists of the Missouri River from bluff to bluff, and its tributaries in the states of Iowa,
Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. The extent to which the plan addresses
tributaries in each state will be based on the ecological connectivity shared between tributaries and the Missouri
River mainstem. The geographic scope will be based on a manageable and reasonable nexus between mitigation,
recovery and restoration and the mainstem of the Missouri River. The substantive scope includes the Missouri River
natural resources to achieve mitigation of the losses of the aquatic and terrestrial habitat, recovery of federally
listed species and restoration of the ecosystem to prevent further declines among other native species.
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