Sierra Club, Midwest Office (Madison, Wisconsin) Records, 1971-2005

Container Title
M2000-106
Part 4 (M2000-106): Additions, 1976-1995
Physical Description: 6.0 cubic feet (6 records center cartons) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1976-1995, relating to the Sierra Club's campaigns to preserve rivers, lakes, and streams, focusing especially on the upper Mississippi River Basin and its tributaries. Much of the material concerns the litigation over Lock and Dam 26 at Alton, Illinois, including press information. In addition there are newsletters and correspondence from grass-roots organizations, other environmental groups, and the government.
Box   1
Folder   1-15
Upper Mississippi River Litigation, National Public Radio (NPR) Series, 1974-1977
Box   1
Folder   16
Litigation draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and comments, 1976
Box   1
Folder   17-18
Litigation economics and energy efficiency, 1974
Box   1
Folder   19
Lock and Dam 26 litigation CAC study
Box   1
Folder   20
Litigation draft supplement to final (EIS) and comments
Box   2
Folder   1-2
Litigation economics impact file, 1976
Box   2
Folder   3-5
Lock and Dam 26 litigation, economic impacts, 1975-1976
Box   2
Folder   6
Lock and Dam 26 litigation, engineering aspects
Box   2
Folder   7
Upper Mississippi River litigation, economic impacts (study by William Marcus)
Engineering aspects
Box   2
Folder   8-9
Repair versus replace
Box   2
Folder   10-12
Repairs, 1976
Box   2
Folder   13
Environmental impacts, 1976
Box   2
Folder   14
Media, 1981
Box   2
Folder   15-18
Environmental impacts, 1976-1977
Box   2
Folder   19
Litigation National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) override
Box   2
Folder   20
State strategy meetings, 1976-1977
Box   2
Folder   21
Litigation 12 foot channel
Box   3
Folder   1
Lock and Dam 26 litigation, economic impacts, 1977
Box   3
Folder   2
Lock and Dam 26 litigation
Box   3
Folder   3
Lock and Dam 26 litigation article
Box   3
Folder   4
Upper Mississippi River System Management Act of 1983
Box   3
Folder   5-6
Upper Mississippi River legislation, 1977
Box   3
Folder   7
Testimony, Jonathan P. Ela (JPE), 1977
Box   3
Folder   8-9
Legislation, 1978-1979
Box   3
Folder   10-11
Testimony on S.3425
Box   3
Folder   12-13
Legislation, Gunderson Bill, 1982
Box   3
Folder   14-15
Environmental testimony, Council on State Governments
Box   3
Folder   16-18
Legislation, 1977
Box   3
Folder   19-20
News clippings collected by Bill Redding
Box   3
Folder   21
Uniform Water Quality Standards
Box   3
Folder   22
Lock and Dam 26, Hydro
Box   4
Folder   1
Army Corps of Engineers
Box   4
Folder   2
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) correspondence, Water Quality Act (WQA)
Box   4
Folder   3
Great Lakes Amendment
Box   4
Folder   4
WQA clippings, 1987
Box   4
Folder   5
WQA annexes, amendments, and renegotiations
Box   4
Folder   6-7
WQA negotiations, phase II
Box   4
Folder   8
Water Quality Board 75th meeting agenda
WQA follow-up and enforcement
Box   4
Folder   9
General, undated
Box   4
Folder   10
Agreement: final copy, 1987
Box   4
Folder   11
Review, 1987
Box   4
Folder   12
Implementation
Box   4
Folder   13
Michigan compliance
Box   4
Folder   14
Canadian compliance
Box   4
Folder   15
Water Quality Board report and appendices, 1989
International Joint Commission (IJC)
Box   4
Folder   16
Matters
Box   4
Folder   17
Focus
Box   4
Folder   18
General
Box   4
Folder   19
Fifth biennial report, 1990
Box   4
Folder   20
Ecosystem management
Great Lakes strategy plan
Box   4
Folder   21
1989-1993
Box   4
Folder   22
Implementation reports
Box   4
Folder   23
EPA correspondence
Box   4
Folder   24
Uniform water quality standards
Box   4
Folder   25
Clean Water Act
Box   4
Folder   26
Wisconsin clean water regulations
Box   4
Folder   27
Science Advisory Board report, 1989
Box   4
Folder   28
Great Lakes water quality, hearings/action
Box   4
Folder   29
Onondaga Lake
Box   4
Folder   30
Lake Superior Center
Box   4
Folder   31
EPA Great Lakes Initiative
Box   4
Folder   32
Newspaper clippings
Box   4
Folder   33
Correspondence, 1990-1995
Box   4
Folder   34
Correspondence and public notices
Box   4
Folder   35-36
Correspondence, 1993
Box   5
Folder   1-9
Correspondence and newsletters, 1993-1994
Box   5
Folder   10
Grass-roots newsletters and clippings
Box   5
Folder   11
Grass-roots newsletters and reports
Box   5
Folder   12
River flood sheets
Box   5
Folder   13
Rivers newsletter, 1991
Box   5
Folder   14
Newsletters
Box   5
Folder   15-20
Newsletters and news briefs, 1990-1994
Box   5
Folder   21
Sierra Club educational leaflets
Box   5
Folder   22
Sierra Club information promotion
Box   5
Folder   23
Conference notes, 1993-1994
Box   5
Folder   24
The Rivers curriculum project
Box   5
Folder   25
Mississippi River Basin Alliance
Box   5
Folder   26
Sobex press kit
Box   5
Folder   27
Urban Watershed Restoration Act, 1992
Box   5
Folder   28
Upper Mississippi River water navigation study
Box   5
Folder   29
Watershed plans, 1988, 1995
Box   5
Folder   30
Water control plan, 1991
Box   5
Folder   31
River protection, 1991
Box   6
Folder   1
Environmental quality reference materials
Box   6
Folder   2
Upper Mississippi River Task Force
Box   6
Folder   3
Wetlands research, 1990-1991
Box   6
Folder   4
Pollution Prevention Alliance
Box   6
Folder   5
Mississippi River news and agenda, 1988-1991
Box   6
Folder   6
Upper Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge
Box   6
Folder   7
Save Our Streams
Box   6
Folder   8
Mississippi River, Wisconsin
Box   6
Folder   9
Ohio River Sweep brochures
Box   6
Folder   10
Other rivers
Box   6
Folder   11
Mississippi River Basin project brochure
Box   6
Folder   12
Mississippi River tributaries and related waters
Box   6
Folder   13
Saint Croix River bridge, 1987
Box   6
Folder   14
Natural streams
Box   6
Folder   15
Mississippi River, Minnesota Boundary Commission, undated
Box   6
Folder   16
Mississippi River, Minnesota Boundary Commission, Iowa
Box   6
Folder   17
National Policy on Mississippi River
Box   6
Folder   18
Jan Wolamin file, 1988-1989
Box   6
Folder   19
Ecoregion meeting, 1993
Box   6
Folder   20
Master plan for Upper Mississippi River system, 1981
Box   6
Folder   21
Reaction to water navigation, 1976-1980
Box   6
Folder   22-23
Competitive equity and the waterways, 1981
Box   6
Folder   24
Plan of study, Upper Mississippi, 1979
Box   6
Folder   25
“The Great River Action Guide”: copy of draft
Box   6
Folder   26-27
Lock and Dam 26 legislation, testimony, 1976
Box   6
Folder   28
Upper Mississippi River litigation, 12 foot channel, Mike Hayes notes
Box   6
Folder   29
River contamination clippings, 1993