NEWS – September 29 – October 14, 2003
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“Sandy work.” Columbia Daily Tribune, 29 September 2003.
Two sculptors worked the entire weekend to create the sculpture with 35 tons of
sand from the Missouri River.
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Johnson, Nathan. “Paddlefish Season To Get Under Way Wednesday.” Yankton Press &
Dakotan, 30 September 2003.
October 1-30 marks the annual paddlefish season in South Dakota.
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Waters, Henry J. III. “River summit: The answer, if there is one.” Columbia
Daily Tribune, 1 October 2003.
In a blessed but perhaps futile attempt to reconcile the various forces of evil
playing badminton with the plovers, terns and sturgeons, the governor of South
Dakota called a summit meeting of political leaders from eight states to discuss
a compromise solution to the abiding fight over how much water shall flow down
the Missouri River and when.
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Cordes, Henry J. “Bruning urges negotiations on river.” Omaha World Herald, 01
October 2003.
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning said he hopes a Tuesday federal appeals
court decision will help put court battles over Missouri River water aside and
boost efforts for a negotiated settlement.
“Navigation scapegoat for Missouri recreation.” Sioux City Journal, 01 October 2003.
At the Missouri River summit I asked South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds if he would stop releasing walleye if it were proven they eat the native pallid sturgeon and other native species.
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"Study calls for new look at barge traffic.” Columbia Daily Tribune, 02 October 2003.
Government support for barge traffic on the Missouri River needs to be reassessed in the wake of a continuing decline in barge shipping, according to a study.
*also appeared in the Grand Forks Herald, 02 October 2003.
*also appeared in the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 02 October 2003.
*also appeared in the Jefferson City News Tribune, 02 October 2003.
*also appeared in the Omaha World Herald, 02 October 2003.
*also appeared in the Sioux City Journal, 01 October 2003.
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Brokaw, Chet. “Lake Oahe ties record low level.” Bismark Tribune, 02 October 2003.
During droughts, both in the late 1980s and early 1990s and again the past three years, upstream and downstream states have fought over how to manage the limited amount of water in the Missouri River.
*also appeared in the Grand Forks Heralds, October 6, 2003.
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“Study at a Glance.” Grand Forks Herald, 02 October 2003.
Points from a study on Missouri River barge shipping by Phillip Baumel, retired Iowa State University economics professor, and Jerry Van Der Kamp, chief executive officer of AGRI-Industries.
*also appeared in the Jefferson City News Tribune, 02 October 2003.
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Shouse, Ben. “Oahe drops to new depths.” Sioux Falls Argus Leader,03 October 2003.
Lake Oahe tied its record low level Thursday morning, and is expected to break the record by the end of the month, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said.
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“Nebraska trail celebrates lost explorer.” Columbia Daily Tribune, 05 October 2003.
Pvt. George Shannon almost died of starvation during the expedition when he got lost for 16 days while in present-day northeast Nebraska just south of the Missouri River.
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Anderson, Harold A. “Opinion: Provocative rhetoric undermines reasoned debate over river flows.” Omaha World Herald, 05 October 2003.
It came as no surprise that a spokesman for American Rivers, a hard-line environmentalist group, sounded the hardest line I heard voiced by any participant in the recent meeting designed to seek compromise over management of the Missouri River's flow.
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Gaarder, Nancy. “Overseers won't open Boyer Chute to canoes.” Omaha World Herald, 05 October 2003.
Craig Manson, assistant secretary for fish and wildlife and parks in the Department of the Interior, said the agency isn't going to change its policy of banning boats on the side channel of the Missouri River.
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Avok, Michael. “On banks of the Ohio, famed journey began.” Omaha World Herald, 8 October 2003.
Few could have known it at the time, but that greeting on the banks of the Ohio River 200 years ago brought together one of America's most famous duos, their names linked like a 19th-century version of Ozzie and Harriet, Batman and Robin or Captain and Tennille.
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Flory, Josh. “Bond predicts quick decision on Missouri River flow.” Columbia Daily Tribune, 10 October 2003.
Saying a decision might be near, U.S. Sen. Kit Bond yesterday urged the Bush administration to look out for the interests of downstream states when re-writing the operating plan for the Missouri River.
“Bond Criticizes Rounds' Missouri River Proposal.” Yankton Press & Dakotan, 10 October 2003.
Missouri Sen. Kit Bond on Thursday criticized a Missouri River management proposal put forth by South Dakota's governor as “unfair and unacceptable'' to downstream agriculture and shipping interests.
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Midkiff, Ken. “Commentary: Big Muddy barge risk is a falsehood.” Columbia Daily Tribune, 10 October 2003.
There is hardly any commercial navigation - barge industry traffic - left on the river. If ever there were going to be barges, it would be now, during the fall harvest. They aren’t there. Go take a look at the river, and all you’ll see is water and a few sandbars.
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Hendee, David. “Exhibits highlight wild stretch of Missouri River.” Omaha World Herald, 10 October 2003.
Today, the new Missouri National Recreational River Center at Ponca State Park opens its keystone exhibits - a wing of high-tech, interactive displays designed by the National Park Service to tell the story of an untamed stretch of the Missouri River.
“Bereuter will host town hall meetings in northeast Nebraska.” Sioux City Journal, 10 October 2003.
Nebraska 1st District Congressman Doug Bereuter will host three town hall meetings Saturday in northeast Nebraska and also participate in Sunday's dedication of the Missouri River National Recreational River Resource Center at Ponca State Park.
Goodrich, Robert. “Retracing history by kayak.” St. Louis Post Dispatch, 10 October 2003.
After following Lewis and Clark's route down the Ohio River and up the Mississippi, Neil Rosenblad concluded there are fewer people on those rivers today than two centuries ago.
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Lee, Stephen J. “Pawlenty program protects waters.” Grand Forks Herald, 14 October 2003.
Public money would pay farmers to set aside land to protect rivers, stop erosion and restore wildlife habitat.
Hubert, Dorothy. “Park center formally dedicated.” Sioux City Journal, 13 October 2003.
In a day of sun and wind, throngs of enthusiastic visitors on Sunday filled Ponca State Park for the formal dedication of the Missouri National Recreational River Resource and Education Center in Ponca.
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“Missouri River runoff 42% below normal.” Omaha World Herald, 14 October 2003.
September runoff into the Missouri River and its tributaries upstream from Sioux City, Iowa, was the fourth-lowest in the 106 years that records have been kept, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said.