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Coalition Looking for Action in Lewis & Clark Lake

Coalition Looking for Action in Lewis & Clark Lake

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The Missouri Sedimentation Action Coalition is working with a new federal law to come up with a plan for Lewis & Clark Lake.
Executive Director Sandy Stockholm spoke to the Yankton County Commission, and says the new Water Resources Development Act has several sections that they could use…

The coalition has been raising money from local and state governments with an interest in the lake. Stockholm says they are working on a multi-step plan…..

Stockholm says they have hired a consultant to help them with an action plan….

Rollin Hotchkiss has over thirty years’ experience with water and reservoir management.
The coalition was formed in an effort to slow the silt flow into the lake.

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