Missouri River News - December 5 - 19, 2005
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“Conference to promote tourism in Nebraska, South Dakota.” Aberdeen American News, 5 December 2005.
The governors of South Dakota and Nebraska plan to attend a Missouri River conference to help promote tourism, officials said.
-Omaha World Herlad, 6 December 2005.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2005/12/06/news/local/106544.txt
Gordon Weixel. “Step OK'd to let rural water drill wells under Missouri.” Bismark Tribune, 6 December 2005.
The Burleigh County Commission eased the way for the South Central Rural Water District to build North Dakota's first system to take water from under the Missouri River.
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/state/13353181.htm
“Lake Sakakawea continues fall.” Grand Forks Herald, 7 December 2005.
Lake Sakakawea fell half a foot in November and is expected to fall another foot in December, ending the month 23 feet below average, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=2&display=rednews/2005/12/08/build/outdoors/75-trout.inc
“Trout thrive despite disease.” Billings Gazette, 8 December 2005.
Rainbow trout populations in the blue ribbon section of the Missouri River upstream of Great Falls seem to be in good shape despite the continued presence of whirling disease, a state fish biologist says.
http://www.joplinindependent.com/display_article.php/clr3131134080188
“Researcher defines river rehabilitation.” Joplin Independent, 8 December 2005.
Big rivers like the Missouri River cannot be restored but simply rehabilitated. That's the opinion of Dr. Robert Jacobson, a research hydrologist on the staff of the U.S. Geology Survey's Columbia Environmental Research Center, who spoke at a Missouri State University seminar sponsored by MSU's biology department.
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/state/13378312.htm
James Macpherson. “New technology planned to bring water from under Missouri River.’ Grand Forks Herald, 10 December 2005.
A plan to draw water from beneath the Missouri River for a thirsty Burleigh County would be among the first along the longest U.S. river and one of only a handful such projects in the nation.
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/state/13378313.htm
Joe Kafka. “Shrunken Lake Oahe recovering somewhat.” Grand Forks Herald, 10 December 2005.
-appears in the Bismark Tribune, 11 December 2005.
-appears in the Jamestown Sun, 11 December 2005.
-appears in the Yankton Press & Dakotan, 12 December 2005.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says moisture flowing into the Missouri River reservoir system north of Sioux City, Iowa, was 4 percent above normal in November, and the agency has tried to save as much water as possible in the reservoirs.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/13379269.htm
Bill Graham. “Utilities fret over low river levels.” Kansas City Star, 11 December 2005.
Freezing weather and upstream drought cut the Missouri River to a record surface low at Kansas City last week, prompting utilities to take precautions with water intakes.
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“Tribal chairman says water plan overlooks western North Dakota.” Indian Country Today, 13 December 2005.
Three Affiliated Tribes Chairman Tex Hall says the tribes and western North Dakota generally are being overlooked in plans to pipe Missouri River water to the Red River Valley in times of drought.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2005/12/14/news/state/106956.txt
Blake Nichols. “Study finds pollution problem.” Bismark Tribune, 14 December 2005.
On calm mornings, Wayde Schafer says, he can look to the sky above his home and see a brown streak that follows the Missouri River. He wonders how much of it is in the air he breathes.
*appears in the Grand Forks Herald, 14 December 2005.
*appears in the Jamestown Sun, 14 December 2005.
“Congressional delegation pushes for Lewis and Clark funding.” Sioux City Journal, 16 December 2005.
Lewis and Clark is a pipeline that will pump Missouri River water to about 200,000 people in Sioux Falls and several other water systems in South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota.
*appears in the Aberdeen American News, 16 December 2005.
*appears in the Yankton Press & Dakotan, 16 December 2005.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/13427686.htm
“Search for steamboat produces very little.” Kansas City Star, 17 December 2005.
The Hawley family has long investigated the many steamboat wrecks that line the Missouri River, seeking one that might deserve excavation and preservation.
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/local/13433453.htm
“North Dakota Roundup: Plan to draw water from under Missouri.” Grand Forks Herald, 18 December 2005.
A plan to draw water from beneath the Missouri River for a thirsty Burleigh County would be among the first along the longest U.S. river and one of only a handful such projects in the nation.
John Sonderegger. “Lewis and Clark re-enactors are coming back home.” St. Louis Post Dispatch, 18 December 2005.
I can tell you that those fascinated with the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804-05 have done a dandy job of re-enacting this historical journey from Missouri to the Pacific Ocean.
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Josh St. Peters. “Debate continues over Missouri River plan.” Brownfield Ag News, 19 December 2005.
The Governor of Missouri has sent a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers, urging them to forgo a plan that would raise river levels next spring, possibly flooding some rural lowlands. Gov. Matt Blunt submitted his comments in a letter that outlined shortcomings with the Corps’ draft of the 2005-2006 Missouri River Annual Operating Plan (AOP).
Smith, Chad. “Editorial-The Missouri River: Forging new bonds with our river.” St. Louis Post Dispatch, 19 December 2005.
The Missouri no longer looks or acts much like a river, the result of decades of river management that has hastened the loss of the river's natural form and function.