FORT PIERRE, (KCCR) — Leadership from a number of Native American Tribes along the Missouri River attended the U-S Army Corps of Engineers fall public meeting this week in Fort Pierre. They raised a number of concerns from invasive species to threats to archaeological sites. Crow Creek Chairman Peter Lengkeek says they would like some vision on the future of zebra mussel mitigation…
Norman Thompson joined Lengkeek at the meeting and says they are cleaning some irrigation pivots multiple times a week of zebra mussels…
Brigadier General Bill Hannon with the Corps says he wants to improve communication between the Tribes and Corps…
Despite a tight timeline to get to the next public meeting in Sioux City, Hannon stopped and talked with Tribal officials for approximately 15 minutes after the meeting to get their input before leaving Fort Pierre.
