DISTRICT’ HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER A
NEW GROUP AGENCIES TO
COORDINATE, *LONG-TERM FLOOD
RELIEF FOR THE AUGUSTA
AREA.AUGUSTA EXPERIENCED
DAMAGING SPRING FLOODS THE PAST
TWO YEARS...
MOST RECENTLY OVER MEMORIAL DAY
WEEKEND.THE
’CONSERVATION DISTRICT’ WILL
COORDINATE WITH STATE
DEPARTMENTS LIKE
TRANSPORTATION...
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND FISH-
WILDLIFE AND PARKS TO ADDRESS
CURRENT AND POTENTIAL FUTURE
FLOOD DAMAGE TO PROPERTIES IN
AND AROUND AUGUSTA.THE GOAL
IS DEVELOP SHORT AND LONG TERM
SOLUTION TO PROTECT
AGRICULTURAL LAND, PRIVATE
PROPERTY AND PUBLIC
INFRASTRUCTRE.LE
WIS AND CLARK COUNTY
COMMISSIONER SUSAN GOOD GEISE
(GEE-SEE) SAYS FLOODING IN ELK
CREEK AND AUGUSTA IS A COMPLEX
AND
COSTLY ISSUE...
THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.




{CERTAINLY FOR LEWIS AND CLARK
COUNT RESIDENTS, I MEAN, WE
SPEND HUNDREDS AND HUNDRED
OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON
INFRASTRUCTURE THERE, ON ROADS
AND BRIDGES...YOU KNOW,
SOME OF THOSE BRIDGES THAT WERE
THAT THEY ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE,
BUT THEY ARE GOING TO
PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE ON WHAT WE
DO MOVING FORWARD.
}[(***ACURTIS***)]A
MEETING WILL BE HELD TOMORROW AT
11 A.M.
AT THE YOUTH CENTER
AUGUSTA##
[(***ACURTIS***)]VICE P
