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Following historic flooding in the Missouri River Basin during 2011, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division committed to providing more frequent communications with stakeholders in the basin. The Corps aims to keep the basin informed about reservoir operations, current and forecast weather conditions and reservoir release plans. Congressional delegation members and/or representatives, Tribes, state governments, county and local officials and the media participate on each call.
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A government briefing ties drought signals to the careful balancing of Missouri River reservoir storage.
Reservoir operations and drought monitoring come together in a government briefing moderated by Eileen Williamson for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division.
A practical look at how Missouri Basin weather conditions shape reservoir operations and river safety.
A Missouri Basin conference call turns weather data into the practical work of running a river system. Speakers from the National Weather Service and Missouri River Water Management connect mountain snowpack, runoff, rainfall, temperatures, soil moisture, and reservoir…
A Missouri River update turns basin-wide drought data into practical operating context, with a measured warning that conditions can change quickly.
Water management in the Missouri basin comes down to reading conditions carefully before making operational calls. This monthly update moves from weather observations into the Corps' view of soil moisture, drought, and the pressures shaping the season ahead.
A formal basin briefing links weak La Nina, snowpack, drought risk, reservoir planning, and spring river safety.
Spring water management in the Missouri River Basin is treated as a practical handoff from winter conditions to spring operations. The discussion connects a weak La Nina, fading Plains snowpack, mountain snowpack that is near average to slightly below in places, and rising…
A practical Missouri Basin briefing where drought maps meet public water management.
This Missouri Basin conference call treats drought and water management as the practical work of public coordination. The Army Corps of Engineers, Doug Kluck, Kevin Lout, John Remus, and the Missouri River Water Management Division each bring a piece of the basin picture into…
Connecticut civic life, explained plainly.
The Missouri River Basin Water Management call on July 10, 2025 centers on a 19.1 million acre-foot runoff forecast, or 74% of average, above Sioux City, Iowa.
The Missouri River Basin Water Management call on June 5, 2025 centers on a below-normal runoff forecast, with the Upper Missouri Basin above Sioux City projected at 19.7 million acre-feet, or 77% of average.
The Missouri River Basin Water Management monthly call on May 6, 2025 centered on a 20.0 million acre-foot runoff forecast, or 78% of average, from Kevin Stom and the U.S.
The Missouri River Basin Water Management call on March 6, 2025 centers on a 22.1 million acre-foot runoff forecast for the upper Missouri Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, which John Remus says is 86% of average.
Doug Kluck says the Missouri Basin has been warmer than normal since early November, but much of Nebraska, South Dakota, and the upper basin still have dry soil and shallow snowpack.
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