NEWS - August 25, 2003
http://archive.columbiatribune.com/2003/aug/20030818comm001.asp
Waters, Henry J. III. “River wrangle: Controlling the water.” Columbia Daily Tribune, 18 August 2003.
As arguments about controlling the Missouri River continue to ebb and flow, consider recent developments.
http://archive.columbiatribune.com/2003/aug/20030818spor012.asp
Book, Bill. “Powerful carp can test fishermen’s limits.” Columbia Daily Tribune, 18 August 2003.
When a 20-pound Missouri River carp inhales your offering and heads downstream, you will soon learn if your reel bearings are greased and your knots are properly tied.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=rednews/2003/08/19/build/local/35-fish.inc
Henckel, Mark. “Pallids haven't replaced themselves for decades.” Billings Gazette,19 August 2003.
Survival as a species is really simple, whether you're talking about man, beast or the pallid sturgeon. You replace yourself before you die.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=rednews/2003/08/20/build/local/35-fish.inc
Henckel, Mark. “Sparking romance in pallid sturgeon.” Billings Gazette, 20 August 2003.
How do you put a couple of pallid sturgeon into a romantic mood? Soft music? Candlelight? A comfy old sofa with a lot of fluffy pillows? If only it were that easy.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2003/08/21/build/outdoors/30-fish.inc
Henckel, Mark. “Gambling with hatcheries.” Billings Gazette, 21 August 2003.
What do you do with a fish species that can't seem to reproduce on its own and is headed toward extinction because of it? You help it along as much as you can. That means you look to fish hatcheries to supplement the ailing population.
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“Flap over lower Missouri River level intensifies in public.” Jefferson City News Tribune, 21 August 2003.
Where the Missouri and Mississippi rivers meet, political and business leaders Wednesday warned that court-ordered lowerings of the Missouri could squeeze vital shipping and electricity production on both waterways, ultimately pinching consumers' pocketbooks.
*also appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Naudi, Jack. “Politicians say low Missouri hurts trade on Mississippi.” St. Louis Post Dispatch, 21 August 2003.
A group of prominent Missouri political and business leaders has raised the stakes in a battle to keep the Missouri River open for barge traffic year around.
“Missouri River drops to rarely seen levels.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 22 August 2003.
The Missouri River has dipped to its lowest recorded summer levels since the 1950s, when the once free-flowing waterway was restrained with a series of reservoirs constructed in upstream states, Missouri officials said.
*also appeared in the Billings Gazette, 22 August 2003.
*also appeared in the Columbia Daily Tribune, 22 August 2003.
*also appeared in the Columbia Missourian, 22 August 2003.
*also appeared in the Jefferson City News Tribune, 22 August 2003.
*also appeared in the Omaha World Herald, 22 August 2003.
*also appeared in the St. Louis Post Dispatch, 22 August 2003.
*also appeared in the Yankton Press & Dakotan, 22 August 2003.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/30dayarchives/8-22-2003/nws03.html
Donovan, Lauren. “Confluence center awash in history.” Bismark Tribune, 22 August 2003.
It's a story about the meeting of two of the region's greatest rivers, the Yellowstone and the Missouri, and their watery reach back into time.
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2003/08/22/montana/a06082203_01.txt
Suhr, Jim. “Missouri River flap intensifies.” Helena Independent Record, 22 August 2003.
Where the Missouri and Mississippi rivers meet, political and business leaders Wednesday warned that court-ordered lowerings of the Missouri could squeeze vital shipping and electricity production on both waterways, ultimately pinching consumers' pocketbooks.
*also appeared in the Omaha World Herald, 22 August 2003.
*also appeared in the Sioux City Journal, 20 August 2003.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/6589362.htm
Dry
weather grounds recreation at regional lakes.” Kansas City Star, 22 August 2003.
The drought and high temperatures have translated into
potential trouble for the waters of Missouri and Kansas.
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=36&u_sid=833185
Cordes, Henry J. “Lower river may be yearly event for Omaha.” Omaha World Herald, 22 August 2003.
The City of Omaha should accept that the Missouri River of the future will ebb and flow more naturally and should make plans now to re-engineer its riverside marina, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission officials said Thursday.
http://www.willistonherald.com/archives/index.inn?loc=detail&doc=/2003/August/22-1500-news2.txt
Mayer, Rebecca. “Lewis and Clark were excited to reach the confluence.” Willston Herald, 22 August 2003.
For Meriweather Lewis and William Clark's Corps of Discovery, the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers became a milestone in their journey. Leaving Camp Wood near St. Louis, Mo., the expedition began their adventure on May 14, 1804, but wouldn't see the confluence for nearly a whole year.
http://newstribune.com/stories/082303/sta_0823030017.asp
“Conservation group questions river level figures.” Jefferson City News Tribune, 23 August 2003.
The Missouri River has hit its lowest recorded summer levels since the 1950s, state officials say, but a conservation group questions the figures.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/6598213.htm
Olathe restricts water usage as area braces for more heat.” Kansas City Star, 23 August 2003.
The Missouri River, running at low levels, is so hot that Department of Natural Resources officials worry about fish and wildlife.
http://www.argusleader.com/news/Sundayarticle6.shtml
“Group aims to attract tourists to northern S.D.” Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 24 August 2003.
A group is gearing up to boost tourism in northern South Dakota as people travel to Missouri River states to mark the 200th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2003/08/24/montana/a08082403_01.txt
Henckel, Mark. “Sturgeon becoming extinct.” Helena Independent Record, 24 August 2003.
In the case of the endangered pallid sturgeon, no replacement of the dying has been going on for at least 35 years - perhaps longer - on the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers of Montana. Pallid sturgeon are on the fast track to extinction.
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=36&u_sid=835319
Cordes, Henry J. “Even in state, river goals vary.” Omaha World Herald, 25 August 2003.
Though Nebraska battled upstream states and environmental groups in court over Missouri River flows this summer, the state has not dug in its heels in support of the status quo, Gov. Mike Johanns and state water officials say.
Lambrecht, Bill. “Missouri sees Colin Powell as an ally in river dispute.” St. Louis Post Dispatch, 25 August 2003.
In a far-flung water war, a Missouri-Canada alliance fighting to prevent North Dakota from diverting water from the Missouri River may get help from an unlikely source: Secretary of State Colin Powell.