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AGENDA 5TH ANNUAL MEETING LMRCC

APRIL 14-16, 1998

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

TUESDAY, APRIL 14 :

1:00-2:00 pm: Fisheries-Water Quality Joint Technical Section Meeting

  • Dr. Kurt Maier - Lower MS River/Delta Environmental Research Consortium
  • Dr. Jack Grubaugh - University of Memphis Aquatic Research Activities

2:00-5:00 pm: Mark Boone (MO Department of Conservation) - Chairman, Fisheries Technical Section

  • Kim Graham - MICRA Paddlefish Plan
  • Mike Petersen - MS River Fisheries Research
  • Bobby Reed - Paddlefish/Sturgeon Take on the Lower MS River
  • Ted Crowell - Aquatic Resource Management Plan

2:00-5:00 pm: Dugan Sabins (LA Department of Environmental Quality) - Chairman, Water Quality Technical Section State Reports - Jim Wise (AR), Ted Crowell (KY), Dugan Sabins (LA), Jerry Vineyard (MO), John Leonard (TN)

5:30-6:30 pm: Mike Armstrong (AR) - Chairman, Audit Subcommittee

 
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15:

7:00-8:00 am: LMRCC Executive Committee Breakfast

8:15 am: Call to Order - Chairman Jerry Vineyard (MO Department of Natural Resources-St. James, MO)

8:15-11:15 am: Technical Presentations

  • Greg Denton and Joy Broach (TN Department of Environment & Conservation) - Ecoregion Delineation and Reference Site Identification in TN
  • Tim Kresse (AR Department of Pollution Control & Ecology) - Pesticides in Ground Water in the Mississippi River Delta
  • Dugan Sabins (LA Department of Environmental Quality) - The Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force

9:45-10:00: Break

10:00-11:15 a.m.:  Technical Presentations Continued
  • Columbus Brown (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-Fisheries, Region 4) - Southeastern Region Strategic Fisheries Plan
  • Steve Ellis (MS Valley Division Army Corps of Engineers) - Corps of Engineers Mississippi River Master Plan
  • Steve Cobb (MS Valley Division Army Corps of Engineers) - Opportunities for Integrating Aquatic Habitat Restoration Activities into the Mississippi River Master Plan

11:15-12:00: General Business
  • Roll Call, Determination that a Quorum is Present, and Approval of the Minutes of the Previous Meeting
  • Report of the Chairman, Executive Committee Information Packet, and Comments on the Aquatic Resource Management Plan
  • Report of the Audit Committee and Secretary/Treasurer - Mike Armstrong (AR Game and Fish Commission)
  • Reports of Technical Section Chairpersons
  • Report of Ad Hoc Aquatic Resource Management Plan Subcommittee
  • Installation of Chairman-Elect - Robert Todd (TN Wildlife Resources Agency)

Noon-1:00 pm: Lunch

1:15-4:30 pm: Afternoon Session
  • Old Business
  • Proposed LMRCC x UMRCC Joint Meeting and Mississippi River Technical Conference
  • New Business
  • Mississippi Interstate Cooperative Resource Association Briefing - Jerry Rasmussen (MICRA Coordinator)
  • Invitation to LMRCC to Join MICRA Executive Board - Marion Conover
  • Missouri River Natural Resources Committee Briefing - Mike LaValley (MRNRC Coordinator)
  • Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee Briefing - Jon Duyvejonck (UMRCC Coordinator)
  • Proposed Constitutional Amendments - Gordon Farabee (MO Department of Conservation) and Ted Crowell (KY Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources):

    • A. Fisheries Technical Section Chairman - 2 year term.

    B. Newsletter publication - reduce frequency of publication to 3 times annually

    C. Executive Committee - meet twice annually

  • USGS Integrated Science for Managing the Nation’s Rivers Proposal
  • Additional New Business
  • Presentation of Chairman’s Plaque to Jerry Vineyard

5:00 pm: Adjourn

THURSDAY, APRIL 16:

8:00 am-2:00 pm: Aquatic Resource Management Plan Committee Meeting