PHOTO BY TRISHA DORSEY
NORTHWESTERN DIVISION
A Kansas City District truck stations to reduce growth of invasive species plants at Smithville Lake near Smithville, Missouri, Sept. 29, 2016.
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT BENEFITS SPILL OVER INTO RECREATION BY TRISHA DORSE Y, Kansas Cit y District
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he Kansas City District has a large Natural Resource Management Program, which provides many recreational opportunities. While lake staff specializes in managing natural resources, several practices provide ancillary benefits to recreation and multiple authorized purposes. “Through natural resource management, we work to improve the land, which benefits recreation activities as part of our
environmental stewardship program and the Corps overall mission,” said Lora Vacca, Smithville Lake operation project manager. “We wear many hats and support many initiatives, but a main practice that coincides with recreation is natural resource management. We work to maintain thousands of acres of public lands and water for the benefit of both the public and fish and wildlife.” 87
