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Individual Placement - Visitor Services Participant Lake Francis Case

The Student Conservation Association · US

Position Summary The Fort Randall Project, a significant undertaking by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), culminated in the creation of the Fort Ran...

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Position Summary The Fort Randall Project, a significant undertaking by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), culminated in the creation of the Fort Randall Dam and its expansive reservoir, Lake Francis Case. Lake Francis Case extends roughly 107 miles up the Missouri River valley from Pickstown to just downstream of Big Bend Dam in south-central SD and has over 540 miles of shoreline covering approximately 102,000 acres. Lake Francis Case provides many recreational opportunities to area residents as well as out-of-state travelers. Activities include picnicking, camping, hunting, trapping, nature walking, wildlife photography, touring the dam and related facilities and visiting historic and interpretive sites. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is the leading Federal provider of outdoor recreation and attracts over 335 million visitors annually at 403 water resources development projects operated in 43 states. The USACE's natural resource missions can be broadly categorized into environmental stewardship, recreation management, and environmental compliance and restoration. The overarching goal of USACE is to manage, conserve, and improve these resources and the environmen...