Author: Bob KustraPublisher:
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Category : Illinois River Watershed
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Management of the Illinois River System
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Category : Illinois River (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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PROCEEDINGS : MANAGEMENT OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER SYSTEM : THE 1990'S AND BEYOND : A GOVERNOR'S CONFERENCE, APRIL 1-3, 1987 ...
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Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
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1999 Governor's Conference on the Management of the Illinois River System
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Category : Illinois River (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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Integrated Management Plan for the Illinois River Watershed
Author: Illinois River Strategy TeamPublisher:
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Category : Illinois River (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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The Illinois River Decision Support System (ILRDSS)
Author: Misganaw DemissiePublisher:
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Category : Hydrologic models
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Illinois River Integrated Management Plan Recommendations
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Category : Illinois River Watershed
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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The Illinois River Coordinating Council resulted from the Illinois River Watershed Restoration Act, which called on the lieutenant governor to chair a council to coordinate programs to enhance the Illinois River Watershed. The move to protect and enhance the watershed began in 1994 when the Lieutenant Governor's Office launched the Illinois River Valley Partnership, bringing together a diverse array of public and private organizations to enhance the river's capacity as a recreation, transportation and wildlife habitat resource. The group was also charged with developing an ecosystem restoration plan for the river system. When Corinne Wood convened the Illinois River Strategy Team, the vision of the group was to create "a naturally diverse and productive Illinois River Valley that is sustained by natural ecological processes and managed to provide for compatible social and economic activities." The result was a 21-page report containing 34 recommendations. This document is a part of that report.
Inland Navigation System Planning
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309183170
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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In 1988, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began an investigation of the benefits and costs of extending several locks on the lower portion of the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway (UMR-IWW) in order to relieve increasing waterway congestion, particularly for grain moving to New Orleans for export. With passage of the Flood Control Act of 1936, Congress required that the Corps conduct a benefit-cost analysis as part of its water resources project planning; Congress will fund water resources projects only if a project's benefits exceed its costs. As economic analysis generally, and benefit-cost analysis in particular, has become more sophisticated, and as environmental and social considerations and analysis have become more important, Corps planning studies have grown in size and complexity. The difficulty in commensurating market and nonmarket costs and benefits also presents the Corps with a significant challenge. The Corps' analysis of the UMR-IWW has extended over a decade, has cost roughly $50 million, and has involved consultations with other federal agencies, state conservation agencies, and local citizens. The analysis has included many consultants and has produced dozens of reports. In February 2000, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) requested that the National Academies review the Corps' final feasibility report. After discussions and negotiations with DOD, in April 2000 the National Academies launched this review and appointed an expert committee to carry it out.
Management of the Illinois River System
Author: Water Resources Planning for the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309099455
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 73
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently completed its feasibility study for the Upper Mississippi River-Ilinois Waterway, which was one of the agency's longest and most complicated studies in its history. The first two reports from this WSTB committee reviewed analytical aspects of the Corps feasibility study. Water Resources Planning for the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway considers the broader issue of managing the multiple resources of the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway, especially with regard to several, recently-issued NRC reports on Corps of Engineers planning procedures. The report finds that a key issue regarding planning decisions on these river systems is the ambiguity related to several different pieces of legislation and acts that govern river management, and thus recommends that the administration and Congress clarify the federal intent for managing this river and waterway system. The report recommends an independent, retrospective reivew of the experience with a federal inter-agency Principals Group, which was convened to provide guidance to the Corps study. It is also recommended that the Corps strive to incorporate flexible, adaptive management principles through its entire water planning program, including operations of the lock and dam system.
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