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Article: Little Rock and Tulsa outline ways to improve Arkansas River Navigation.
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- Corps Report
- Article date:
- April 27, 2005
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The Little Rock District and Tulsa District are seeking comment on a draft feasibility report and draft environmental impact statement on the Arkansas River Navigation Study. The goal of the study is to examine ways to make the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System more reliable and to improve navigation efficiency.
The study, jointly managed by the two districts, explores ways to reduce the average number of days each year that flows are high enough to impede navigation. The study outlines cost-effective, environmentally sound methods to alter flow regimes from Oklahoma lakes to reduce the number of days with high ...