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  2. Pick–Sloan Missouri Basin Program - Wikipedia

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    Several water-control measures were introduced through the PickSloan legislation that variously affected the Missouri River Valley and its environs. The PickSloan program dams built between 1946 and 1966 are: Canyon Ferry Dam and Lake in Montana; Garrison Dam and Lake Sakakawea in North Dakota; Oahe Dam and Lake Oahe in South Dakota

  3. Flood Control Act of 1944 - Wikipedia

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    The Pick-Sloan legislation managed the Missouri River with six intents: hydropower, recreation, water supply, navigation, flood control and fish and wildlife. Over 50 dams and lakes have been built due to this legislation, not just on the mainly affected river but also on tributaries and other connected rivers.

  4. Fort Randall Dam - Wikipedia

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    Fort Randall Dam was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1944 and plays a key role in the PickSloan Plan for development of water resources in the Missouri River basin. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began construction of the dam in 1946, and was the first PickSloan dam completed by the Omaha District.

  5. Big Bend Dam - Wikipedia

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    Big Bend Dam is a major embankment rolled-earth dam on the Missouri River in Central South Dakota, United States, creating Lake Sharpe. The dam was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as part of the Pick-Sloan Plan for Missouri watershed development authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1944. Construction began in 1959 and the ...

  6. List of dams in the Missouri River watershed - Wikipedia

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    Map showing the Missouri River basin Garrison Dam, which forms Lake Sakakawea, the largest reservoir on the Missouri River. This is a list of dams in the watershed of the Missouri River, a tributary of the Mississippi River, in the United States.

  7. Shadehill Dam - Wikipedia

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    Located directly below the confluence of the North and South Forks of the Grand River, the dam is operated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and is part of the Shadehill Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program. [2] The dam is an embankment structure 145 feet (44 m) high and 12,843 feet (3,915 m) long, with an elevation of 2,318 feet (707 ...

  8. Yellowtail Dam - Wikipedia

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    Yellowtail Dam is a dam across the Bighorn ... 1944 as part of the Pick-Sloan Plan, a water management scheme covering the entire upper Missouri River Basin in ...

  9. Davis Creek Dam - Wikipedia

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    The map shows dams and reservoirs built in the PickSloan Program since the 1940s. Davis Creek Dam (National ID # NE82901) is a dam located at the county line between Greeley County and Valley County, in the middle part of the state of Nebraska. The earthen dam was completed in 1991 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation with a height of ...