We are demanding a change of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' master operating manual for the Missouri River dam system. It is imperative that the protection of life and property is the corps' No. 1 mandate. The corps' new master operating manual, which took 14 years to produce, mostly due to working through a plethora of legal challenges, continues to give the agency eight major responsibilities. Those include recreation, water supply, hydro-electrical generation, and the protection of endangered species, along with flood control. This petition will be given to the House and Senate Representatives from each state along the Missouri River.