Senator Tom Daschle Receives Conservation Award

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For Immediate Release

Senator Tom Daschle Receives Conservation Award

SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, May. 30 -/E-Wire/-- Gov. William J. Janklow joined American Rivers President Rebecca R. Wodder today in presenting U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle with the first annual Lewis & Clark Corps of RecoverySM Leadership Award, in recognition of Daschle's hard work to protect the Missouri River.

"Because of the leadership of Senator Tom Daschle, the future looks brighter for the Missouri River than it has in many years," said Wodder in presenting the award with George Lund of Sioux Falls, Chairman and CEO of BANKFIRST and a board member of American Rivers.

"We have an opportunity this year to modernize the operation of the great dams that control the river, restore natural flows, and make the most of all the river has to offer us," Wodder said. "Senator Daschle realizes this, and he has become the Missouri's greatest champion in the United States Congress. Everyone who believes in healthy rivers, and who wants healthy river-based economies up and down the Missouri River, should know that they have no better friend in Congress than Tom Daschle."

The event was part of Daschle's first swing through his home state since learning last week he would become Senate Majority Leader after Congress returns from recess June 5.

The award ceremony in his honor was held in the newly renovated Belbas Theater, in the Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science in downtown Sioux Falls. It featured dramatic pictures of the Missouri and other rivers that Lewis & Clark traveled nearly 200 years ago.

Four local choirs sang songs about riversâthe Singing Boys of Sioux Falls, directed by Glenita Hanson; the Boys of Note, directed by Warren Shoberg; the Norse Glee Club of the local Sons of Norway lodge, directed by Lyle Kroon; and an ensemble drawn from the Lincoln High School Concert Choir, also directed by Glenita Hanson.

Following the ceremony, Sen. Daschle and Gov. Janklow joined the audience in previewing a new traveling exhibit by American Rivers, "Discovering the Rivers of Lewis & Clark." It will be open to the public from June 1 to 24 in the Washington Pavilion's Kirby Science Discovery Center, its first stop on a three-year tour to 25 cities. More information is available at www.americanrivers.org.

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