Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1. Introduction; 4 2. Missouri River History, Management, and Legal Setting; 5 3. Missouri River and Floodplain Ecology; 6 4. Values of the Missouri River System and Operations; 7 5. Adaptive Management: Enhancing Scientific Inquiry and Policy Formulation; 8 6. An Alternative for Missouri River Recovery; 9 7. Recovering the Missouri River Ecosystem; 10 References; 11 Appendix A: Missouri River Aquatic Species; 12 Appendix B: State and Federal Rare, Threatened, or Endangered Species of the Missouri River Floodplain; 13 Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members

About the Author

Committee on Missouri River Ecosystem Science, National Research Council