Missouri River News – February 7, 2005
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“Governor summit won't gain much water leverage.” Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 23 January 2005.
Gov. Mike Rounds has proposed another summit with eight governors from Missouri River states.
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Shouse, Ben. “Missouri plan will bring 6 governors to S. Dakota.” Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 1 February 2005.
Six governors will gather in Sioux Falls on Monday to discuss sharing the dwindling waters of the Missouri River.
*also appeared in the Billings Gazette, 2 February 2005.
*also appeared in the Columbia Daily Tribune, 1 February 2005.
*also appeared in the Helena Independent Record, 2 February 2005.
*also appeared in the Jamestown Sun, 2 February 2005.
*also appeared in the Jefferson City News Tribune, 1 February 2005.
*also appeared in the Lincoln Journal Star, 4 February 2005.
*also appeared in the St. Louis Dispatch, 1 February 2005.
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David Hendee. “Heineman to dive into river issues.” Omaha World Herald, 2 February 2005.
Heineman is one of six governors expected at a Monday meeting of Missouri River basin states in Sioux Falls, S.D., where the governors will discuss options to manage the drought-stricken river.
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Susan Mires. “Drought helps to keep river levels low.” St. Joesph News-Patch, 3 February 2005.
Water levels of the Missouri River have been unusually low this winter.
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Wayne Ortman. “GF&P Wants To Modernize Fish Hatcheries.” Yankton Press & Dakotan, 3 February 2005.
Cleghorn and McNenny produce about 115,000 pounds of trout and salmon annually, the bulk of which go into Black Hills lakes and streams. Some trout and salmon are stocked in the Missouri River.
Peter Harriman. “S.D. to press for cutting river navigation.” Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 5 February 2005.
The traditional battle between upstream recreation and downstream navigation along the Missouri centers on whether river water should float a walleye angler's boat or a commercial barge.
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Larry Porter. “Fishing for walleye is popular at Lake Oahe.” Omaha World Herald, 5 February 2005.
Fisheries biologists believed that shad could survive no farther west and no farther north than Big Mac. Then shad began to appear in the Missouri River reservoirs. The northern boundary was re-established as Lake Sharpe, the portion of the river below Oahe Dam near Pierre, S.D.
Donald Jorgensen. “Editorial: Managing Missouri River takes cooperation.” Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 6 February 2005.
One of the most interesting twists has been the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's use, or some say the misuse, of the Endangered Species Act in an attempt to wrest control of the river from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The biological opinion for the Missouri River stated actions of the corps were jeopardizing the piping plover, the least tern and the pallid sturgeon. The biological opinion prescribed a spring rise and a summer low flow.
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“Missouri governor skipping meeting on Missouri River.” Bismark Tribune, 6 February 2005.
The governor of Missouri has decided not to show up at Monday's Missouri River summit meeting in Sioux Falls.
*also appeared in the Yankton Press & Dakotan, 7 February 2005.
Bill Lambrecht. “Blunt won't attend meeting on use of Missouri River.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 5 February 2005.
Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt's office said Friday he won't be joining other governors in Sioux Falls and that Blunt never had committed to attend. South Dakota officials insist that Blunt's office confirmed last month that Missouri's new governor would take part and included him in an announcement last week about the gathering.
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James MacPherson. “Dorgan wants corps to buy barge industry.” Bismark Tribune, 5 February 2005.
Sen. Byron Dorgan wants the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to buy out downstream barge businesses on the Missouri River to resolve a long-running dispute over how river flows are managed.
*also appeared in Jefferson City News Tribune, 5 February 2005.
Wayne Ortman. “Schweitzer begins negotiations on Missouri River water plan.” Billings Gazette, 7 February 2005.
Gov. Mike Rounds said Monday he called governors from across the Missouri River basin together to decide how they can best share the river's water in the face of a continued drought.
*also appeared in the Belleville News Democrat, 7 February 2005.
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David Melmer. “Compensation for Lower Brule and Crow Creek.” Indian Country Today, 7 February 2005.
Two South Dakota tribes did not receive adequate compensation for lands lost as a result of Missouri River flood control projects.
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Bill Lambrecht. “Western governors seek drought relief.” Lincoln Journal Star, 7 February 2005.
States upstream along the Missouri River are suffering their worst drought in decades and pressing the Army Corps of Engineers to hold more river water in Montana and the Dakotas this year and restrict flows downstream.
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“U.S. judge orders more study of North Dakota water pipeline plan.” Canadian National Post, 7 February 2005.
A U.S. federal judge has ordered more study of a $145-million US pipeline project to bring Missouri River water to northwestern and north-central North Dakota, although she declined to immediately halt the project.