Recent Activities
May 8, 2011 Update

March 22, 2011 Annual Membership Meeting
MSAC conducted its tenth annual membership meeting in Niobrara, Nebraska on March 22. The evening featured a panel discussion with John Remus of the US Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District; Cindy Steele of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Huron, South Dakota; Rayder Swanson, a Knox County Supervisor from rural Niobrara; and Howard Paul, MSAC's Technical Coordinator. MSAC President Larry Weiss acted as the facilitator. The group tackled a wide-range of sediment issues over more than one hour of discussion and took questions/comments from the audience.

Jack Soulek of Lake Andes was elected to the MSAC Board of Directors. Larry Weiss of Pierre and Mary Hurd of rural Avon were re-elected. All director terms are for three years.

Recent Delivery of Public Comments:
An MSAC representative attended the following meetings and provided comments to the federal agency.
▪ MRAPS at Pierre on March 30
▪ MRAPS at Sioux City on March 31
▪ AOP at Pierre on April 13

Recent Presentations:
Executive Director Sandra Korkow made presentations to:
● the Lewis and Clark Board of Realtors on April 20.
● District One of the South Dakota Farmers Union on April 30. Click here to see a resolution passed by District One about sedimentation (PDF).
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Howard Paul, technical coordinator email: hpaul@sio.midco.net
1511 Holiday Drive
Canton, SD 57013 (605)987-4165 (605)770-0998