NEWS - June 28, 2004
http://www.argusleader.com/news/Tuesdayarticle5.shtml
Shouse, Ben. “Scientists allege corps not averting floods.” Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 8 June 2004.
Scientists are using both the newest and the oldest data from the Missouri River to question whether river engineering reduces flooding.
“State may withhold water this summer to protect rivers.” Billings Gazette, 11 June 2004.
The state holds water rights to maintain in-stream flow for
fish on many streams in the Missouri and Yellowstone river basins, as well as 12
blue-ribbon trout streams.
*also appeared in the Great Falls Tribune, 11 June 2004.
*also appeared in the Helena Independent Record, 12 June 2004.
Kazil, Jacqueline Lydie. “Lewis and Clark re-enactors add Boonville to tour.” Columbia Missourian, 11 June 2004.
The Corps of Discovery II wasn’t originally scheduled to stop in Boonville until Mayor Danielle Blanck got involved.
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=706&u_sid=1118856
“Scientists Retrace Trail of Lewis, Clark.” Omaha World
Herald, 11 June 2004.
Group of pilots and scientists retracing the trail of the Lewis and Clark
Expedition landed here Wednesday, feasting at a wild-game banquet and marveling
at how much some of the country hasn't changed in two centuries.
Dockendorf, Randy. Mighty Mo' Getting Soiled Up: Groups Work On River.” Yankton Press & Dakotan, 11 June 2004.
The Lewis & Clark association has joined forces with the Corps of Engineers, a reversal of the previous relationship.
http://www.showmenews.com/2004/Jun/20040613News001.asp
Meyer, Joe. “Town seeks to benefit from link.” Columbia
Daily Tribune, 13 June 2004.
Last weekend, more than 1,000 visitors invaded the town of 30 people to
participate in its Lewis and Clark River Festival.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/06/21/build/state/28-missouri-river.inc
“Judge says corps can operate Missouri River without changes.” Billings Gazette,
21 June 2004.
A federal judge on Monday told the Army Corps of Engineers to operate the
Missouri River without changes sought by environmentalists to save endangered
fish and birds.
http://www.argusleader.com/news/Tuesdayarticle1.shtml
“Judge: River management OK.” Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 22 June 2004.
Decision in favor of corps hurts upstream interests.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/30dayarchives/6-22-2004/nws01.html
Quaid, Libby. “Judge rules for corps.” Bismark Tribune, 22 June 2004.
The Missouri River can operate without changes sought by
environmentalists to save endangered fish and birds, a federal judge ruled
Monday.
*also appeared in the Columbia Daily Tribune, 22 June 2004.
*also appeared in the Columbia Missourian, 22 June 2004.
*also appeared in the Jamestown Sun, 22 June 2004.
*also appeared in the Jefferson City News Tribune, 22 June 2004.
*also appeared in the Kansas City Star, 22 June 2004.
*also appeared in the Omaha World Herald, 23 June 2004.
*also appeared in the St. Louis Post Dispatch, 22 June 2004.
*also appeared in the Yankton Press & Dakotan, 22 June 2004.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/06/23/build/state/38-mo-river.inc
“Downstream states lost
in river ruling, North Dakota official says.” Billings Gazette, 23 June 2003.
A judge's ruling earlier this week in a Missouri River lawsuit was a blow to
downstream states that contend navigation is the top priority in managing the
river, North Dakota's attorney general says.
*also appeared in the Grand Forks Herald, 24 June 2004.
*also appeared in the Helena Independent Record, 24 June 2004.
*also appeared in the Jamestown Sun, 24 June 2004.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/30dayarchives/6-23-2004/nws08.html
Hinton, Richard. “Downstream states also lost.” Bismark Tribune, 23 June 2004.
All may not be sunk after a federal judge's ruling sided with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in a lawsuit over how the Missouri River is operated.
http://www.jamestownsun.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=15106&SectionID=31&SubSectionID=98&S=1
“Garrison gets more help with water outage costs.” Jamestown Sun, 23 June 2004.
Hoeven said the Three Affiliated Tribes also is getting a $428,000 federal grant to extend the Fort Berthold Reservation’s pump intakes on Lake Sakakawea, which has shrunk in recent years because of drought conditions in the Missouri River basin.
Lamb, William. “River ruling is called "win-loss" for Missouri.” St. Louis Post Dispatch, 23 June 2004.
Missouri officials gave mixed reviews Tuesday to a federal judge's ruling that ratified proposed seasonal changes to water levels along the Missouri River.
“Lake Levels, Power Generation To Drop.” Yankton Press & Dakotan, 23 June 2004.
Despite recent rains, drought continues to plague the upper Missouri River basin. May runoff above Sioux City, Iowa, was less than half of normal.
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Ogden, Karen. “New ferries voyage to Missouri.” Great Falls Tribune, 24 June 2004.
A 60,000-pound, 22-foot-wide ferryboat lumbered through Great Falls Wednesday, the first of three new boats to replace the historical Missouri River ferries.
*also appeared the Helena Independent Record, 23 June 2004.
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=1638&u_sid=1130857
Ferak, John. “Wetlands program seeking farmers.” Omaha World Herald, 24 June 2004.
Federal agriculture officials are looking for more farmers like Dave Burden. Burden in 2002 signed up for a guaranteed cash crop, in exchange for converting 165 acres of his Cass County farmland back to Missouri River wetlands.
“Corps of Engineers completes work on habitat for pallid sturgeon.” Billings Gazette, 25 June 2004.
Work on a habitat along the Missouri River for the
endangered pallid sturgeon has been completed, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
officials said.
*also appeared in the Columbia Daily Tribune, 26 June 2004.
*also appeared in the Helena Independent Record, 26 June 2004.
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=1638&u_sid=1131952
Cordes, Henry J. “Corps says required habitat created.” Omaha World Herald, 25 June 2004.
By dredging to open Missouri River side channels and carving notches in dikes, the Army Corps of Engineers says, it has created the shallow water habitat a federal wildlife agency has required for an endangered fish.
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=1638&u_sid=1133372
“Bush applauds habitat restoration.” Omaha World Herald, 26 June 2004.
President Bush called the restoration of an endangered species' habitat Friday along the Missouri River "an important milestone."
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/news/stories/20040627/localnews/729344.html
Miller, Jared. “History re-created at encampment on Missouri River.” Great Falls Tribune, 27 June 2004.
Roughly 100 volunteers from five Montana Indian tribes and area historical organizations recreated local history at the events, held simultaneously on the edge of the Missouri River at Giant Springs State Park.
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=608&u_sid=1133048
“Opinion: Steady on the river.” Omaha World Herald, 27 June 2004.
U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson, in a 51-page ruling, disposed of river- related lawsuits involving more than two dozen litigants - state governments, Indian tribes, businesses and environmental organizations seeking changes in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers management plans for the river.
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=609&u_sid=1133043
Andersen, Harold W. “Opinion: Judge vindicates efforts to balance river issues.” Omaha World Herald, 27 June 2004.
The controversy and legal battling will continue, I believe, but a federal judge's ruling last week was nonetheless significant and welcome, endorsing as it did the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' revised plan for managing flows on the Missouri River.
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=1458&u_sid=1131970
Roberts-Gudeman, Kim and Niz Proskocil. “A walk on the
riverfront.” Omaha World Herald, 27 June 2004.
It's a long way from Venice, but visitors to Heartland of America Park can
cruise the lagoon on a gondola while taking in a 300-foot-high fountain with
colored lights.
http://www.argusleader.com/news/Mondayarticle1.shtml
Shouse, Ben. “Judge gives corps upper hand on river.” Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 28 June 2004.
Legal experts say appeal on Missouri River ruling unlikely to succeed.