Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- Executive Summary -- 2 Missouri River History, Management, and Legal Setting -- 3 Missouri River and Floodplain Ecology -- 4 Values of the Missouri River System and Operations -- 5 Adaptive Management: Enhancing Scientific Inquiry and Policy Formulation -- 6 An Alternative for Missouri River Recovery -- 7 Recovering the Missouri River Ecosystem -- References -- Appendix A Missouri River Aquatic Species -- Appendix B State and Federal Rare, Threatened, or Endangered Species of the Missouri River Floodplain1 -- Appendix C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.