Missouri River News - February 14, 2005
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Wayne Ortman. “Missouri River states meet to discuss water.” Aberdeen American News, 8 February 2005.
Gov. Mike Rounds said Monday he called regional governors together to decide how they can best share Missouri River water in the face of a continued drought.
“Governors wrangle over river.” Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 8 February 2005.
Sioux Falls hosted leaders and representatives from eight Missouri River states Monday as Gov. Mike Rounds pressed to hold more water upstream this year in the face of drought.
Shouse, Ben. “States can't agree about river.” Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 8 February 2005.
Representatives from eight states along the Missouri River, including four governors and two tribal chairmen, gathered in Sioux Falls on Monday in hopes of better sharing water. But they mainly succeeded in spelling out disagreements.
“Missouri River states meet to discuss water, drought.” Billings Gazette, 8 February 2005.
A suggestion to tinker with the downstream navigation season as a means of saving water in the drought-affected Missouri River reservoirs was left high and dry Monday.
*also appeared in the Bismark Tribune, 14 February 2005.
*also appeared in the Columbia Daily Tribune, 08 February 2005.
*also appeared in the Columbia Missourian, 08 February 2005.
*also appeared in the Helena Independent Record, 08 February 2005.
*also appeared in the Kansas City News Tribune, 08 February 2005.
*also appeared in the St. Louis Post Dispatch, 08 February 2005.
*also appeared in the Yankton Press & Dakotan, 08 February 2005.
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David Hendee. “Heineman seeks balanced river plan.” Omaha World Herald, 8 February 2005.
After meeting for more than four hours, the governors and tribal chairmen agreed to draft a resolution to encourage the Army Corps of Engineers to implement any water conservation measures possible under its guidelines for managing its system of dams on the river.
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Bob Mercer. “Missouri topic of summit.” Watertown Public Opinion, 8 February 2005.
Gov. Mike Rounds backed away Monday from his water conservation proposal for the drought-stricken Missouri River.
Bill Lambrecht. “River ecosystem project captures funding boost.” St. Louis Post Dispatch, 8 February 2005.
President George W. Bush on Monday proposed spending $83 million next year to restore the Missouri River's endangered wildlife, a hefty budget increase amid cuts that could strike deeply in the region's farm, housing and transportation spending.
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“Sioux Falls Growth Outpaces Water Supplies.” Yankton Press & Dakotan, 9 February 2005.
Sioux Falls will outgrow its share of water from the Lewis & Clark Rural Water System within five years after the spigot is turned on, a consultant told the Sioux Falls City Council.
http://yankton.net/stories/020905/community_20050209018.shtml
“USD Hosts River Event Today.” Yankton Press & Dakotan, 9 February 2005.
Wood's lecture will conclude the fifth annual Missouri River Research Symposium, held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today in the Rushmore Rooms of the USD Coyote Student Center.
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“Bond pans barge buyout.” Columbia Daily Tribune, 10 February 2005.
A North Dakota senator’s proposal for the government to buy out downstream barge businesses on the Missouri River - so fishing and recreation can be protected upstream - is drawing scoffs from Missouri officials and the barge industry.
*also appeared in the Jefferson City News Tribune, 10 February 2005.
*also appeared in Kansas City Star, 10 February 2005.
*also appeared in the Yankton Press & Dakotan, 10 February 2005.
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Missouri Department of Conservation. “Agencies join forces to learn more about pallid sturgeon.” Jefferson City News Tribune, 10 February 2005.
While it is widely known that the pallid sturgeon is endangered, many facts concerning the species' population distribution and trends are largely unknown.
Bill Lambrecht. “States on lower Missouri seek more say on projects.” St. Louis Post Dispatch, 10 February 2005.
States along the lower Missouri River worry they'll have little say in how the Army Corps of Engineers spends a record $83 million promised by the White House this week to repair the river's environmental damage - if that money becomes available at all.
“Red tape forces more hatchery legislation.” Billings Gazette, 11 February 2005.
The state's hatchery bureau chief is concerned that the Army Corps of Engineers is requiring legislation to authorize expenditure of funds to finish the Fort Peck Warm Water Fish Hatchery.
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Richard Hinton. “Lake likely to hit 1,805 at end of May.” Bismark Tribune, 11 February 2005.
Lake Sakakawea is expected to hold steady around 1,808 feet above mean sea level through March, then slide to the 1,805 mark by the end of May, according to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers forecasts.
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“Nuclear plants along Missouri considered.” Watertown Public Opinion, 11 February 2005.
Rep. Hal Wick said nuclear plants could be built at the Missouri River dam sites in South Dakota. He would cluster wind farms around them.
http://yankton.net/stories/021205/community_20050212011.shtml
Randy Dockendorf. “Water Issues Vital To Future.” Yankton Press & Dakotan, 12 February 2005.
A mix of rapid growth and lower Missouri River levels has officials in southeast South Dakota and northeast Nebraska planning for short- and long-term water needs.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2005/02/13/news/editorials/edt01.txt
Frederic Smith. “We are nothing without water.” Bismark Tribune, 13 February 2005.
A University of North Dakota climatologist, Gerald Groenewold, says Great Plains states can look forward to a widespread and sustained drought "within the next few decades."
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David Hendee. “Fest to celebrate winter of Lewis and Clark.” Omaha World Herald, 13 February 2005.
Lewis and Clark's winter camp at Fort Mandan and the birth of Indian guide Sacagawea's son 200 years ago will be celebrated around a bonfire Saturday in Nebraska City.
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“River counties get money from leases.” Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 14 February 2005.
The money comes from 2004 payment collections by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for leases on federal lands along the river acquired for flooding and navigation, among other things.
*also appeared in the Pierre Capital Journal, 11 February 2005.
Jo Ann Emerson and Kenny Hulshof. “Opinion: Our economy relies on improved waterways.” St. Louis Dispatch, 14 February 2004.
Of the 3.5 million miles of U.S. rivers, 12,000 miles carry freight to and from our cities and ports. Between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, our two congressional districts include an important portion of the river transportation network our farmers and manufacturers depend upon to bring goods in and ship them out to both coasts.