Missouri River News - March 20, 2005
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/local/11148481.htm
“Sandbar spraying in North Dakota delayed.” Aberdeen American News, 16 March 2005.
The Army Corps of Engineers is delaying its plans to start defoliating overgrown sandbars to create more nesting space for the two struggling bird species on the Missouri River.
*also appeared in the Bismark Tribune, 15 March 2005.
*also appeared in the Helena Independent Record, 15 March 2005.
*also appeared in the Lincoln Journal Star, 15 March 2005.
*also appeared in the Omaha World Herald, 16 March 2005.
“Senate endorses bill to help fund Lewis and Clark sites.” Billings Gazette, 16 March 2005.
A state Senate panel has endorsed a bill to use money from the sale of Lewis and Clark specialty license plates to help support sites commemorating the explorers' journey across the state
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/11162882.htm
Some 14,000 residents of the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation could...” Aberdeen American News, 17 March 2005.
Some 14,000 residents of the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation could run out of water this summer because of a continued drought along the Missouri River basin, according to tribal and other officials.
*also appeared in the Kansas City Star, 20 March 2005.
*also appeared in the New York Times, 20 March 2005.
*also appeared in the Omaha World Herald, 20 March 2005.
http://yankton.net/stories/031705/tristate_20050317002.shtml
Linda Wuebben. “Pallid Sturgeon Recovery Project Keeps Growing.” Yankton Press & Dakotan, 17 March 2005.
With the recent completion of the third building on site at the facility, the Recovery Plan for the Propagation and Culture of the Endangered Species -- pallid sturgeon is considered a success. The Yankton site was designated the lead facility in the federal plan, which was initiated in 1992 after the sturgeon was determined to be an endangered species.
http://www.columbiatribune.com/2005/Mar/20050319News002.asp
John Sullivan. “Voices recall life along the river Project aims to preserve dwindling oral histories.” Columbia Daily Tribune, 19 March 2005.
A freelance writer who lives in Lupus, Ludwig is documenting the oral histories of folks who lived in riverside communities. She is working for the Missouri River Communities Network, a not-for-profit that seeks to improve stewardship of the river.
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/editorial/11183429.htm
Viewpoint: Drought could have big impact.” Grand Forks Herald, 20 March 2005.
Missourians, North Dakotans and fellow citizens of the Missouri River Basin, I'm afraid I bring bad news. The upper basin reservoirs in Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota have been drawn down to record lows, and th