NEWS - March 22, 2004
http://www.argusleader.com/news/Tuesdayarticle3.shtml
Shouse, Ben. “Tribes, corps agree on bones.” Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 16 March 2004.
A new agreement could give tribes more say in the management of Native American remains and cultural sites along the Missouri River, according to tribal and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials.
http://archive.columbiatribune.com/2004/mar/20040317busi002.asp
“Barge operators jittery about relying on corps.” Columbia Daily Tribune, 17 March 2004.
Uncertainty about how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will maintain water levels on the Missouri River has barge operators leery of using the waterway this year.
*also appeared in the Jefferson City News Tribune, 17 March 2004.
http://newstribune.com/articles/2004/03/17/news_state/0317040014.txt
“S.D. governor seeks changes to protect fish spawn in river reservoirs.” Jefferson City News Tribune, 17 March 2004.
The proposed guidelines for managing the Missouri River should put more emphasis on providing enough water to support spring fish spawning in upstream reservoirs, South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds said Tuesday.
*also appeared in the Yankton Press & Dakotan, 17 March 2004.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/03/18/build/state/23-moriver.inc
Montana officials dismiss Corps' Missouri River plan as ineffective. Billings Gazette, 18 March 2004.
Montana officials Thursday scoffed at a federal proposal to adjust the management plan for the Missouri River, saying it will do nothing to ensure more water is held in upstream reservoirs.
*also appeared in the Helena Independent Record, 19 March 2004.
*also appeared in the Jefferson City News Tribune, 19 March 2004.
*also appeared in the Yankton Press & Dakotan, 19 March 2004.
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=1638&u_sid=1038336
“Indian leader criticizes management of river.” Omaha World Herald, 18 March 2004.
A 60-year-old federal flood control law should be changed so people instead of barges are treated fairly when it comes to the management of the Missouri River, an American Indian leader says.
http://archive.columbiatribune.com/2004/mar/20040319news011.asp
“Engineers to adopt river plan.” Columbia Daily Tribune, 19 March 2004.
After 14 years of struggles, the Army Corps of Engineers was scheduled today to adopt a disputed new Missouri River management plan that shifts water upstream in severe drought and delays environmentally friendly flow changes.
*also appeared in the Jefferson City News Tribune, 19 March 2004.
“New Missouri River plan allows flow for summer barge traffic.” Billings Gazette, 19 March 2004.
Fourteen years in the making, a new plan for operating the Missouri River issued Friday will allow barge shipping this summer, providing steady water levels for navigation as well as flood control and power generation.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/03/20/build/state/35-missouri.inc
“Missouri River plan widely criticized.” Billings Gazette, 20 March 2004.
The Army Corps of Engineers on Friday completed a new plan for operating the Missouri River that would keep water upstream during drought and allow barge shipping instead of creating an ebb and flow to protect dwindling fish and bird populations.
*also appeared in the Yankton Press & Dakotan, 20 March 2004.
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/news/stories/20040320/localnews/116000.html
Babcock, Michael. “Army Corps' river plan irks state officials.” Great Falls Tribune, 20 March 2004.
A new Missouri River operating plan issued Friday by the Army Corps of Engineers is "more of the same crap," said the head of fisheries for the state of Montana.
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=1638&u_sid=1040859
Cordes, Henry J. “New river plan gets same old criticism.” Omaha World Herald, 20 March 2004.
At the west Omaha office that is the nerve center of its Missouri River operations, Army Corps of Engineers officials Friday celebrated the end of their 15-year drive for a new dam-release plan for the river.
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=608&u_sid=1041350
“Opinion: All wet on wetlands.” Omaha World Herald, 21 March 2004.
Those 1,200 acres of wetlands, the ones that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed to create by July 1 on the Missouri River, are a surprising development. That plan is preferred by the corps so that it won't have to create more historically natural water conditions to benefit wildlife habitat in the much-abused river.