Missouri River News, December 28, 2005
http://archive.columbiatribune.com/2005/dec/20051220busi007.asp
“Blunt calls on corps to ditch ‘rise’ Governor cites harm to crops, navigation.” Columbia Daily Tribune, 20 December 2005.
Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt said yesterday the Army Corps of Engineers should abandon plans for a spring rise on the Missouri River next year or face legal action from the state.
*appears in the Billings Gazette, 20 December 2005.
*appears in the Jefferson City News Tribune, 20 December 2005.
*appears in the Omaha World Herald, 20 December 2005.
*appears in the Yankton Press & Dakotan, 20 December 2005.
*appears in the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 20 December 2005.
*appears in the Sioux City News Tribune, 20 December 2005.
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Chad Smith. “Opinion: Spring rise will help shape future of river.” Omaha World Herald, 20 December 2005.
The Missouri no longer looks or acts much like a river, the result of decades of river management that have hastened the loss of the river's natural form and function. Failing to manage the river to balance uses like fish and wildlife and recreation with navigation and flood control have disconnected most people from the Missouri and left us with tremendous untapped economic potential.
http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/articles/2005/12/22/news/news05.txt
Kristin Sullivan. “Commission focuses on raw sewage spillage solutions.” Leavenworth Times, 22 December 2005.
The city is preparing to take measures to prevent Leavenworth’s untreated sewage from spilling into the Missouri River ever again.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2005/12/24/news/local/107490.txt
Richard Hinton. “Burbot take hatchery into a new direction.” Bismark Tribune, 24 December 2005.
Their target is burbot, also called ling or eelpout. Native to the Missouri River, burbot best can be described as a cross between an eel and a fish. Regarded as tasty eating, a burbot's habit of wrapping itself about an angler's arm when landed can be disconcerting.
*appears in the Grand Forks Herald, 24 December 2005.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/13494370.htm
“Top priorities for the Missouri delegation in 2006.” Mercury News, 27 December 2005.
The top priorities for 2006 for members of Missouri's congressional delegation, based on interviews and written statements.
*appears in the Twin Cities Pioneer Press, 27 December 2005.
“Artifacts personalize Lewis & Clark expedition.” Billings Gazette, 27 December 2005.
There are 450 stories in "Lewis and Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibition" at the Oregon Historical Society, thanks to 450 remarkable artifacts, 200 of which have some personal connection with the famed explorers who first visited the Oregon territory in their journey of discovery in 1805-06.