MSAC's Annual Meeting March 19, 2012 Join MSAC for its Annual Membership meeting beginning at 7:30 p.m., Monday, March 19, 2012, at the Wagner Theater in Wagner, South Dakota. Tim Cowman, director of the Missouri River Institute at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, will be presenting "Anatomy of the Missouri River Flood 2011." An informal open house will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. prior to the annual meeting. Photo displays and various agency representatives will be on hand to visit with the public one-on-one. Look for more information soon. Board of Directors will meet at 3:30 p.m. The public is invited to participate in any of the meetings. Contact us for more information. February 2012 Newsletter Left: Lake Francis Case Nov. 28, 2011 (MSAC Photo)
	Not in your lifetime? Think Again. Based on Corps of Engineers Data, as of 2009, Lewis and Clark Lake has a storage loss of almost 30 percent. It is projected to be at 50 percent loss in 2045. Lake Francis Case is projected to be at 50 percent loss in 2100 and Sharpe in 2133. The larger reservoirs will take more time to fill, however, the negative impacts are already being experienced. The Missouri Sedimentation Action Coalition works to educate the public and pushes for alleviation of the sedimentation-caused problems of the Missouri River main-stem reservoirs.  Left: Lewis and Clark Lake east of Springfield 2007 (MSAC Photo)  Go to our newsroom for a PDF of the Phase 2 assessment.