News - September 4, 2004
Anez, Bob. “Governor wants more Missouri River water left in Montana.” Billings Gazette, 24 August 2004.
Gov. Judy Martz on Tuesday urged a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers official to give more consideration to Montana's economic needs in managing Missouri River water.
*also appeared in the Columbia Daily Tribune, 25 August
2004.
*also appeared in the Helena Independent Record, 25 August 2004.
*also appeared in the Omaha World Herald, 25 August 2004.
*also appeared in the Yankton Press & Dakotan, 25 August 2004.
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/9519830.htm
“Lewis and Clark exhibit opens at Chamberlain.” Grand Forks Herald, 28 August 2004.
The eighth of 15 nationally recognized Lewis and Clark bicentennial events began Thursday along the Missouri River banks at Chamberlain.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/30dayarchives/8-29-2004/nws04.html
Donovan, Lauren. “Low levels on Lake Sakakawea revealing several flooded towns.” 29 August 2004.
Sanish disappeared inch by inch beneath Lake Sakakawea in the 1950s. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers drowned it and nine other towns and settlements when it dammed the Missouri River for flood control.
“North Dakota hatchery to tag young pallid sturgeons.” Billings Gazette, September 2, 2004.
The hatchery expects to double the number young pallids
swimming in the Missouri River.
*also appeared in the Bismark Tribune, September 1, 2004.
*also appeared in the Helena Independent Record, September 2, 2004.
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=1638&u_sid=1191880
“Bighead carp may head east.” Omaha World Herald, September 2, 2004.
Bighead carp recently were discovered in a reservoir near
Denver, according to the Colorado Division of Wildlife. The species was
introduced into the southern United States from China in the early 1970s. Since
then, it has spread into the Mississippi and Missouri River systems.
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=1638&u_sid=1194110
“Barge traffic may return in spring.” Omaha World Herald, September 4, 2004.
Barge traffic on the Missouri River could return to Iowa next spring, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Patty Judge said Friday.