MICRA
INVITES LMRCC TO JOIN EXECUTIVE BOARD
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| The Mississippi
Interstate Cooperative Resource Association (MICRA) was formed in
1991 and its membership now includes 28 Mississippi River Basin
state conservation and natural resource agencies. The
organization’s goal is the development of cooperative programs
that can provide for the needs of commerce and aquatic resources
on a system-wide basis. In a letter dated December 16, 1997,
Chairman Marion Conover invited the Lower Mississippi River
Conservation Committee (LMRCC) to become more active in MICRA
activities by becoming a permanent member of its Executive Board.
Other sub-basin groups, such as the Arkansas River Conservation
Committee, Missouri River Natural Resources Committee, Ohio River
Fish Management Team, Tennessee River Fish Management Group, and
Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee, have also been
invited to join the MICRA Executive Board. MICRA proposes that an
organizational structure of this nature will create a stronger,
more unified voice on aquatic resource issues affecting the
Mississippi River.
Since it was formed in 1994, the LMRCC has supported the goals
of MICRA because of the organization’s ability to focus
attention at the national level on the entire Mississippi River
ecosystem. LMRCC Chairman Jerry Vineyard has invited MICRA
Chairman Marion Conover and MICRA Coordinator Jerry Rasmussen to
attend the 5th Annual Meeting of the LMRCC in Memphis, Tennessee
on April 15 to discuss the proposed restructuring of the Executive
Board.
Jerry Vineyard, Chairman - Lower Mississippi River Conservation
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