Missouri River News - December 5, 2004
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David Henlee. “Bigger role sought for local tribes.” Omaha World Herald, 19 November 2004.
Nebraska's four Indian tribes - the Omaha, Ponca, Santee Sioux and Winnebago - could take center stage when the national Lewis and Clark bicentennial returns to the state in 2006.
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2004/11/20/top/a01112004_01.txt
Martin Kidston. “Lewis and Clark attraction breaks ground.” Helena Independent Record, 20 November 2004.
In a matter of months, come warmer weather and brighter skies, a fountain replicating the Great Falls of the Missouri River will stand where supporters and project leaders placed their golden shovels Friday, breaking ground on the city's new interpretive trail.
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2004/11/21/national_top/a01112104_02.txt
Alan Fram. “Spending bill has local impacts.” Helena Independent Record, 21 November 2004.
Based on preliminary figures released by the office of Sen. Conrad Burns, a number of Helena-area projects have been approved for funding, including $1.25 million for terminal modifications to the Helena Regional Airport, $1 million for the Missouri River Water Project and $3 million for Marysville Road construction.
“Reservoirs Are Conserving Water As Dry Conditions Persist.” Yankton Press & Dakotan, 23 November 2004.
Dry conditions persist across much of the Missouri River basin. Releases from the reservoirs continue to be reduced as part of water conservation measures
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/10265823.htm
Tim Hoover. “Calling all kids: Lewis and Clark need your assistance.” Kansas City Star, 23 November 2004.
Two hundred years after Lewis and Clark journeyed west through the state, Missouri's schoolchildren will get the chance to commemorate the voyage with their spare change.
“Daschle's Legacy Will Shine and Endure.” Yankton Press & Dakotan, 23 November 2004.
It must also be noted that Daschle opposed the president when, for example, the latter balked at giving substantive drought aid to suffering farmers. Daschle opposed the president on several issues tied to the management of the Missouri River.
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/local/10281336.htm
“Tribe wants to be reimbursed for expenses caused by low water.” Grand Forks Herald, 27 November 2004.
Murphy and North Dakota's congressional delegation say mismanagement of the Missouri River by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers led to the water problems. They say availability of drinking water in upstream states has been threatened to support downstream barge traffic.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2004/11/29/news/topnews/top01.txt
Richard Hinton. “Corps sandbar plan raises concerns.” Bismark Tribune, 29 November 2004.
Several agencies and groups are sounding alarms over a plan to create more Missouri River sandbar habitat for endangered bird species.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=rednews/2004/11/30/build/state/75-sandbar.inc
“River sandbar plan criticized.” Billings Gazette, 30 November 2004.
A plan to improve bird habitat by creating more sandbars in the Missouri River could complicate public access and interfere with municipal water systems, state and county officials said. *also appeared in the Helena Independent Record, 30 November 2004.
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“Steamboat wreck may need protection.” Omaha World Herald, 30 November 2004. Near record-low water levels on the Missouri River have revealed an old steamboat wreck below Gavins Point Dam near Yankton. *also appeared in the Yankton Press & Dakotan, 30 November 2004.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2004/12/01/news/editorials/edt01.txt
Ken Rogers. “Corps loses credibility on the Missouri.” Bismark Tribune, 1 December 2004.
North Dakotans could see the Garrison Reach of the Missouri River change dramatically through U.S. Corps of Engineers' strategies to provide stable habitat for the interior least tern and the piping plover.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2004/12/01/news/letters/ltr01.txt
“Opinion: Before sandbars, let's build buttes.” Bismark Tribune, 1 December 2004.
While the corps' heart is certainly in the right place, I believe the billions of dollars this will cost taxpayers would be better spent on the B.B.B. project.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2004/12/02/news/state/sta03.txt
Blake Nicholson. “Funding short for NAWS, official says.” Bismark Tribune, 2 December 2004.
Money approved by Congress that will go to the Northwest Area Water Supply Project is not enough to meet the state's goal of bringing Missouri River water to Minot in five years, a state official says. *also appeared in the Grand Forks Herald, 2 December 2004. *also appeared in the Jamestown Sun, 2 December 2004.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2004/12/02/news/local/nws05.txt
Richard Hinton. “Corps plans meeting on sandbar plan.” Bismark Tribune, 2 December 2004.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a second public meeting in Bismarck to hear comments on a plan to create more Missouri River sandbar habitat for endangered birds.
RANDY DOCKENDORF. “Researchers Scurry to Study Wreckage.” Yankton Press & Dakotan, 2 December 2004. A grand ghost of the Missouri River has emerged from her watery grave to give modern-day explorers a clue to her past. http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=rednews/2004/12/05/build/magazine/50-mt-books.inc
Chris Rubich. “Books capture beauty, history across Montana.” Billings Gazette, 5 December 2004.
The Graetzes recognize the importance and beauty of the Missouri: "For Montana it was a lifeline … a moving highway that gave birth to our state." And the Musselshell, "twisting and turning from its mountain origins," travels through the prairies to its rendezvous with the Missouri.
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2004/12/05/montana/a08120504_01.txt
Eve Byron. “Dearborn River, tributaries focus of water quality study.” Helena Independent Record, 5 December 2004.
Farling noted that the Dearborn is one of the three main rainbow trout spawning tributaries that replenish the fish population in the Missouri River.
Bill Lambrecht. “River basin chief urges states to battle corps.” St. Louis Post Dispatch, 5 December 2004.
Opper, who is leaving to take a top post in Montana's government, sees a new challenge that could rival coping with weather disasters: standing up to the Army Corps of Engineers in river policy.
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