Missouri River Authorized Purposes Study (MRAPS)/
Situation Assessment Website

Focus Groups

Memphis, TN - February 25, 2010

Participants:

  • Glenn Cox, Mississippi River Corridor
  • Keith Garrison, Arkansas Waterways Commission
  • George Grugett, Mississippi Valley Flood Control Association
  • Donald C. McCrory, Memphis & Shelby County Port Commission
  • Joe Royer, Outdoors, Inc
  • John Ruskey, Quapaw Canoes
  • Mark Sattelberg, US Fish & Wildlife Service
  • Rob Todd, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

New Orleans, LA - February 23, 2010

Participants:

  • Rob Bourgeois, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
  • Kyle Graham, Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana
  • David Humphreys, Magnolia Marine
  • John Lopez, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
  • Matt Rota, Gulf Restoration Network
  • Henry Sullivan, Port of South Louisiana
  • Jim Monroe, Farm Bureau Federation of Louisiana

Columbia, MO - February 4, 2010

Participants:

  • Randy Asbury, Coalition to Protect the Missouri River
  • Clif Baumer, USDA - Natural Resource Conservation Service
  • Ron Blakley, MO-Ark
  • Dan Cassidy, Missouri Farm Bureau
  • Aaron DeLonay, U.S. Geological Survey
  • Joe Engeln, Missouri Department of Natural Resources
  • Chris Klenklen, Missouri Department of Agriculture
  • Drew Lemberger, Missouri River Boatworks, Drew’s Guide Service
  • Steve Murray, Missouri American Water
  • Ernest B. Perry, Missouri Department of Transportation
  • Steve Schnarr, Missouri River Relief
  • David Storvick, Columbia Water and Light

Billings, MT - January 28, 2010

Participants:

  • Timothy Bryggman, Montana Department of Natural Resources & Conservation
  • Theresa Hanley, U.S. Bureau of Land Management
  • Richard Iversen, Farmer/Rancher
  • John Ostlund, County Commissioner, Yellowstone County District 1
  • Don Pfau, Fort Peck Advisory Committee
  • Greg Rauschendorfer, Farmer/Rancher
  • Nicole Rolf, Montana Farm Bureau
  • Mike Ruggles, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
  • Jody Sundsted, Western Area Power Administration
  • Jerry Wegner, Retired Engineer
  • Burt Williams, The Nature Conservancy

Pierre, SD - January 26, 2010

Participants:

  • Larry Weiss, President, Missouri Sedimentation Action Coalition
  • Angela Ehlers, South Dakota Association of Conservation Districts
  • John Cooper, Former Chair of Missouri River Association of States and Tribes
  • Wayne Nelson-Stastny, MRNRC Coordinator, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
  • Harry Stiles, Walleyes Unlimited
  • Jason Yates, Harvest Initiative
  • Leslie Labahn, Randall RC&D Council
  • Garland Erbele, South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources
  • Vic Simmons, Chairman, Rush Electric

Omaha, NE - January 14, 2010

Participants:

  • Steve Gaul, Nebraska Department of Natural Resources
  • Kevin Knepper, Tegra Corporation
  • Chris Larson, SW Regional Fisheries Supervisor, Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources
  • Mike McGhee, Iowa Department of Natural Resources
  • Jessica Montana, Iowa Department of Economic Development
  • Glenn, Pollock, Sierra Club
  • Mark Porath, American Fisheries Society-North Central Division/Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
  • Julia Sage, Ponca Tribe of Nebraska
  • David Sieck, Iowa Corn Growers Association
  • Dan Wiley, National Park Service

St. Louis, MO - January 12, 2010

Participants:

  • Mike Bush, St. Louis Confluence River Keeper
  • Jerry Daugherty, St. Charles County Council Member for District 6
  • Steve Engemann, Hermann Sand & Gravel, Inc.
  • Bob Fuerman, Missouri American Water
  • Robert Goodwin, Maritime Administration
  • Mitch Leachman, St. Louis Audubon Society
  • Ana Londono, Saint Louis University
  • Terry Moore, AEP River Operations
  • John Pozzo, Ameren
  • Carolyn Pufalt, Eastern MO Sierra Club
  • Paul C. Rohde, Waterways Council, Inc.
  • Elisa Royce, American Land Conservancy
  • Mark Zurbrick, Missouri Society of American Fisheries

Bismarck, ND - December 8, 2009

Participants:

  • Wade Anderson, Dakota Tackle Inc
  • Wade Bachmeier, Morton County Water Resource District
  • Mike Dwyer, North Dakota Water Users Association.
  • Bruce Engelhardt, North Dakota State Water Commission
  • Dave Fryda, North Dakota Game and Fish Department
  • Herb Grenz, North Dakota Irrigation Caucus
  • Everett Iron Eyes, Sr., Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
  • David Johnson, Garrison Diversion Conservancy District
  • Richard Nelson, Bureau of Reclamation, Great Plains Region
  • Al Sapa, North Dakota Chapter of The Wildlife Society
  • Gene Veeder, McKenzie County Economic development
  • Lyle Witham, Basin Electric Power Cooperative

Kansas City, KS - November 19, 2009

Participants:

  • Steve Adams, KS Dept. Wildlife and Parks
  • Mike Armstrong, WaterOne
  • Noel Challis, Platte County Parks and Recreation
  • Mareal Denning, Private Citizen
  • Harold Draper, Private Citizen
  • Alan Kelley, Iowa Tribe of KS and NE
  • Mike Klender, City of Kansas City, MO
  • Frank Pogge, MO-ARK
  • Vicki Richmond, Missouri River Relief
  • Mike Sobetski, Lifeline Foods
  • Gene Zverlein, NE Game and Parks






















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