LMRCC SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING TO BE HELD IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

The Sixth Annual Meeting of the Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee will be held in
Memphis, Tennessee on May 10-11, 1999.

A $20 registration fee will be charged for attending the meeting and guest speakers will include Dan McGuiness (Director of the National Audubon Society's Upper Mississippi River Campaign) and Robert DeLaney (Director of the U. S. Geological Survey Environmental Management Technical Center).

Room rates at the Holiday Inn Memphis East (901-682-7881 or 682-0536) are $79.00 per night single-double occupancy. For additional information, contact LMRCC Coordinator Ron Nassar at (601-629-6602).

AGENDA

LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
FISHERIES AND WATER QUALITY TECHNICAL SECTION MEETINGS

MONDAY - MAY 10:

1:00-1:30 pm: Fisheries - Water Quality Joint Technical Section Meeting

Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Introductions - Mark Boone, Chairman

Future Direction of the Fisheries Technical Section - Mark Boone
Lower Mississippi River Fishing Guide - Mark Boone

1:30-2:45 pm: Presentations
Mike Davinroy (St. Louis District - U. S. Army Corps of Engineers) - Large River Micro
Modeling
Bobby Reed - Paddlefish/Sturgeon Take on the Lower Mississippi River
Mike Eggleton - Invoking the Flood-Pulse Concept to Conserve and Create Fisheries
Habitat in the Lower Mississippi River

2:45-3:00 pm: Break

3:00-4:30 pm: Technical Presentations
Dave Herzog - Trawling in the Middle Mississippi River
Robert Todd - Standardized Sampling
Ted Crowell - Aquatic Resource Management Plan
Brad Miller - Status of LMRCC Geographic Information System

4:30-4:45 pm: Break & Room Change for Water Quality Technical Section Meeting

4:45-6:00 pm: Fisheries Technical Section Meeting
Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, and Tennessee State Reports on Lower
Mississippi River Fisheries Activities

4:45-6:00 pm: Water Quality Technical Section Meeting
Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Introductions - Dugan Sabins, Water Quality
Technical Section Chairman
Dugan Sabins - Report on the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed
Nutrient Task Force
Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, and Tennessee State Reports on Lower
Mississippi River Water Quality Activities

6:00 pm: Announcements & Adjourn

6:00-6:45 pm: LMRCC Audit Subcommittee Meeting (Mike Armstrong - Chairman, John
Leonard, Ted Crowell, and Debra Strickland)

7:00 pm: Depart from Holiday Inn lobby for dinner at the Rendezvous or Corky's (maps will be
supplied)

LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
GENERAL BUSINESS MEETING

TUESDAY - MAY 11:

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

8:15-8:30 am: Call to Order - Chairman Robb Todd

8:30-10:00 am: Technical Presentations
Dan McGuiness: National Audubon Society's Upper Mississippi River Campaign
Robert DeLaney: Changes in the Structure of the Mississippi River's Floodplain
Dugan Sabins: Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force Report

10:00-10:15: Break

10:15-11:45: General Business

Roll Call and Determination that a Quorum is Present
Approval of the Minutes of the Previous Meeting
Executive Committee Information Packet
Chairman's Report
Report of the Audit Committee and Secretary/Treasurer - Mike Armstrong
Report of Aquatic Resource Management Plan Subcommittee - Ted Crowell
Reports of Technical Section Chairpersons
1. Water Quality - Dugan Sabins
2. Fisheries - Mark Boone

11:45-1:15 pm: Lunch

1:15 pm: Call to Order - Chairman Robb Todd

Old Business
Status Report on 2000 LMRCC x UMRCC Joint Meeting - Gordon Farabee (MO)
Discussion of Frequency and Location of LMRCC Meetings - Gordon Farabee (MO)
LMRCC Membership in the MICRA Executive Board - Mike Armstrong (AR), Ted
Crowell (KY), and Robb Todd (TN)
Additional Old Business

3:00-3:15 pm: Break

New Business
Installation of Chairman-Elect - Jim Wise (AR Department of Environmental Quality)
Proposal for Development of "A Natural History of the Lower Mississippi River" -
Mark Boone (MO) and Ron Nassar (LMRCC Coordinator)
Establishing a LMRCC Wildlife Technical Section - Gordon Farabee (MO)
Additional New Business
Presentation of Chairman's Plaque to Robb Todd
Announcements:

8:00 pm: LMRCC Executive Committee Meeting
8:00-10:00 am: Wednesday, May 12 - Aquatic Resource Management Plan Committee
Meeting

5:00 pm: Adjourn

8:00 pm: LMRCC Executive Committee Meeting