Missouri River News - April 11, 2005
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“Stop Missouri River releases.” Aberdeen American News, 6 April 2005.
Because the level of water and number of fishermen on the Missouri River are declining, I believe that the amount of water released from the Missouri River reservoir should be decreased.
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Terry Woster. “S. Dakota prepares $1M boat ramp plan.” Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 6 April 2005
With no relief in sight from a five-year drought, the state is preparing a $1 million plan to extend a dozen boat ramps to chase receding Missouri River water in Lake Oahe.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2005/04/06/news/local/nws02.txt
Hinton, Richard. “Campfires banned on the Oahe WMA.” Bismark Tribune, 6 April 2005.
Citing bone-dry conditions along the Missouri River, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department has implemented a ban on fires in the Oahe Wildlife Management Area south of Bismarck and Mandan.
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Bob Mercer. “State fights to keep Oahe open.” Watertown Public Opinion, 6 April 2005.
Despite the ongoing drought, walleyes in Lake Oahe remain in solid shape, according to state fishery biologists. To make sure anglers can reach South Dakota's favorite fish, plans call for at least nine to 12 ramp sites to be kept open through August on the big Missouri River reservoir.
http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050407/OPINION01/504070329/1052
“A water crisis looms.” Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 7 April 2005.
Sen. John Thune is pushing the Army Corps of Engineers to come up with a solution to the looming water problem in north-central South Dakota, but in the end, this will come down to the same bottom line as so many other problems - money.
Dave Fuller. “Early spring helps Adopt-A-Fish start.” Bilings Gazette, 7 April 2005.
Missouri River Adopt-A-Fish is a free Internet-based program where students and others can "adopt" native fish - paddlefish, pallid sturgeon, shovelnose sturgeon and blue suckers - and follow their movements on the Missouri River below Fort Peck Dam and on the lower Yellowstone River.
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“Corps will help extend pipeline to get water.” Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 8 April 2005.
Tribal officials have said the long-term solution is to move the intake 12 miles to the Missouri River's main channel. That could cost $70 million or more and take at least several years.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2005/04/08/news/local/nws02.txt
Lauren Donovan. “Explorers launch westward.” Bismark Tribune, 8 April 2005.
On Thursday, the Discovery Expedition of St. Charles re-enacted the moment and day 200 years ago when the explorers set out again on the Missouri River after a winter among the Mandan and Hidatsa and continued their westward journey to the Pacific Ocean.
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/local/11340563.htm
James MacPherson. “Back on the trail again.” Grand Forks Herald, 8 April 2005.
As hundreds of people watched re-enactors launch boats to continue retracing the journey of explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, Rhoda Star was thinking about Eagle Feather.
*also appeared in the Jamestown Sun, 8 April 2005.
*also appeared in the Jefferson City News Tribune, 8 April 2005.
http://newstribune.com/articles/2005/04/08/features/0408050027.txt
“New developments rise in flood plain, despite risks.” Jefferson City News Tribune, 8 April 2005.
In the decade since the massive Midwestern flood of 1993, new construction has flourished in areas that were underwater that year -- mostly in the St. Louis region -- despite the known risks, according to an article published in Friday's issue of the journal Science.
Sara Shipley. “Flood plain development is criticized.” St. Louis Post Dispatch, 8 April 2005.
"These flood plain encroachment projects - both levee building and elevation (of structures) - drive a hydrologic spiral by which flood levels are increased, and by which you'll see more frequent and larger floods," Nicholas Pinter said in an interview.
http://yankton.net/stories/040905/outdoors_20050409001.shtml
Gary Howey. “Water Could Missing In The Equation This Year.” Yankton Press & Dakotan, 9 April 2005.
In Nebraska, Lake McConaughy, Harlan County Reservoir as well as others the water levels are at all-time lows. The Missouri River reservoirs are also suffering and many of the prime fishing areas on these reservoirs are now over thirty feet out of the water!
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Terry Woster. “Extending 10 boat ramps priority.” Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 11 April 2005.
Ten Lake Oahe boat ramps will be priorities in this summer's struggle to keep public access to the Missouri River in the face of a continued drought.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/11362752.htm
Bill Graham. “Forum to address river's problems.” Kansas City Star, 11 April 2005.
Drought in the West continues to choke water supplies in the Missouri River basin, which has prompted low flows that trouble Kansas City-area utilities.