Fishery Biologist Cliff Wilson attended the quarterly meeting of the Missouri River Recovery/Mitigation Agency Coordination Team, on March 15^th.  Representatives from the state and federal agencies involved in Recovery/Mitigation program are briefed on the progress of the program. 

Under the Missouri River Fish and Wildlife Mitigation Project, a variety of aquatic and terrestrial habitats acquired by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have been restored and developed in the Missouri River and its floodplain to enhance the habitat for fish and wildlife.  To date 15 mitigation areas are open and providing habitat for fish and wildlife.  Four more areas are currently under construction and 21 are in the process of being acquired.

Monitoring by state and federal agencies along the Missouri River Basin will enable the coordination team to determine whether the mitigation sites are performing as expected.  Columbia FRO continues to partner with other agencies to conserve and increase native fish populations in the Missouri River and to identify and take appropriate actions that will help achieve desired resource outcomes as outlined in the Fish Habitat Conservation and Management Goal of the Fisheries Programs Vision for the Future.