NEWS - January 10, 2004
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/local/7641315.htm
“City to get new water pumps.” Grand Forks Herald, 6 January 2004.
Sen. Byron Dorgan says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to temporarily fix the city's water supply problem here. Dorgan said a permeant fix would involve extending a water pipeline on the lake and better management of the Missouri River.
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=1638&u_sid=966996
Cordes, Henry J. and Nancy Gaarder. “Utilities say low river flows could affect electricity rates.” Omaha World Herald, 7 January 2004.
A power industry-sponsored study indicates that lowering flows on the Missouri River to protect endangered species could lead to higher electrical rates and, in the worst case, rolling or wide-scale blackouts.
*also appeared in the Yankton Press & Dakotan, 8 January 2004.
http://www.argusleader.com/news/Thursdayarticle4.shtml
Shouse, Ben. “Study: Low flow may bring blackouts.” Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 8 January 2004.
Utility companies say lowering summer flow on the Missouri River to protect the pallid sturgeon could cost consumers tens of millions of dollars, and perhaps billions, if it leads to blackouts.
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=609&u_sid=967858
Andersen, Harold W. “Opinion: Corps of Engineers gets bum rap concerning management of river.” Omaha World Herald, 8 January 2004.
Today a reply to some of the unfair criticism that has been heaped on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in connection with its management of water flows in the Missouri River.
*also appeared in the Yankton Press & Dakotan, 8 January 2004.
http://archive.columbiatribune.com/2004/jan/20040109news010.asp
“Barge operator to leave river.” Columbia Daily Tribune, 9 January 2004.
One of the larger barge operators on the Missouri River said yesterday he would quit doing business on the river because uncertainty over river levels has stalled his barges and cost him money.
*also appeared in the Jefferson City News Tribune, 9 January 2004.
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/sports/outdoors/7667635.htm
Leirer, Doug. “Opinion: Low water levels threaten Missouri River fisheries.” Grand Forks Herald, 9 January 2004.
Seldom does a week pass without news, political or biological, relating to declining water levels in North Dakota's huge Missouri River reservoirs. I wonder if people have heard the message so much they are starting to become numb to it.
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=609&u_sid=969069
Bensheimer, Virginia. “Your Newspaper: Debate about river lacks true dialogue.” Omaha World Herald, 9 January 2004.
The recent history of the Missouri has been written in conflict. The corps, following what it saw as its congressional mandate, has always managed the Missouri to promote flood control, agriculture and navigation. That is despite the lack of benefit to most of the people who cluster along it and the many more who might enjoy its recreational and natural features if they were protected and enhanced.
Quaid, Libby. “National Council: Missouri Should Be Returned To Natural Flow.” Yankton Press & Dakotan, 10 January 2004.
The Missouri River's ecosystem will suffer irreversible damage without a return to a more natural ebb and flow, but that could cause flooding and entail moving entire communities, the National Research Council said Wednesday.