Missouri River Recovery Program: Finding the Right Balance: Sediment Management

The goal of the Missouri River Recovery Program (MRRP) is to create a sustainable ecosystem for the river’s native species while protecting and maintaining the Corps’ congressionally-authorized project purposes. Many of the river’s uses – such as habitat, agriculture, municipal water use, flood protection, navigation and hydropower – can be threatened by imbalanced sediment distribution in sections of the Missouri River and its tributaries