Missouri River News - October 10 and 17, 2005
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2005/10/04/news/editorials/103170.txt
“Utility projects part of growth.” Bismark Tribune, 4 October 2005.
Bismarck and its neighbor are so very fortunate in having the Missouri River as a resource. Water is lifeblood.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/12810539.htm
Damage heavy from northeast Kansas floods.” Kansas City Star, 4 October 2005.
Weekend flooding in northeast Kansas damaged dozens of structures, including two Leavenworth sewer lines that are now dumping 2 million gallons of sewage into the Missouri River every day.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/12818771.htm
“River cleanup set.” Kansas City Star, 5 October 2005.
Even as the Missouri River keeps rollin’ along, it is leaving behind litter by the tons.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2005/10/06/news/update/doc434553b2861e0317515116.txt
Lauren Donovan. “Humble plywood stands up to cold water.” Bismark Tribune, 6 October 2005.
A relatively cheap experiment using humble plywood to save Lake Sakakawea's coldest water appears to have been a success.
http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/articles/2005/10/07/news/news01.txt
John Richmeier. “Flood damages park, city sewer lines.” Leavenworth Times, 7 October 2005.
Tim Flora, wastewater superintendent for the city, has been trying to stop the discharge of raw sewage into the Missouri River since flood water washed over.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/12837909.htm
2-day event will bring TLC to Missouri River.” Kansas City Star, 7 October 2005.
Missouri River Relief will hold its third annual Kansas City watershed festival and cleanup, with headquarters at the Kaw Point Park in Kansas City, Kan.
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/12838966.htm
Future Water Needs: Looking west to the Missouri.” Grand Forks Herald, 7 October 2005.
Water from the Missouri River would flow to a water-starved Red River basin under a project option preferred by North Dakota's 13-county valley water authority.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/12848985.htm
“P.S.: Sewage spill leaves mark on Big Muddy.” Kansas City Star, 8 October 2005.
Leavenworth has fixed a leak that allowed raw sewage to spill into the Missouri River.
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/12850539.htm
Water Works: Second board endorses Missouri River transfer.” Grand Forks Herald, 8 October 2005.
A supplemental water supply option delivering Missouri River water via a river, buried pipeline and an existing canal to the Red River Valley has earned its second endorsement of the week.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/12854969.htm
River trash no match for volunteers.” Kansas City Star, 9 October 2005.
The roiling Missouri River isn’t called Big Muddy for nothing.
http://www.columbiatribune.com/2005/Oct/20051022News006.asp
Greg Miller. “River network gets $95,900 for education.” Columbia Daily tribune, 10 October 2005.
The federal Environmental Protection Agency awarded a $95,900 grant this week to the Columbia-based Missouri River Communities Network. The money will be used to train 40 high school teachers from Columbia and St. Louis-area high schools about storm-water runoff, water monitoring and integrating clean-water curricula into their classes.
http://www.neoshodailynews.com/articles/2005/10/23/news/news02.txt
Todd G. Higdon. “New building to be second largest pallid sturgeon facility in nation.” Neosho Daily News, 10 October 2005.
Pallid sturgeon are an unusual inhabitant of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, which evolved from a group of fishes dominant during the late Cretaceous period — 70 million years ago.
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051012/NEWS01/510120310/1002
Jared Miller. “Hand-drawn maps debut at L&C Center.” Great Falls Tribune, 12 October 2005.
A three-volume set of the maps, meticulously rendered for the first time from descriptions in the journals, is now available at the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation's William P. Sherman Library and Archives in Great Falls.
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051012/BUSINESS/510120330/1046
“PPL money helps kids learn about power generation.” Great Falls Tribune, 12 October 2005.
A hands-on exhibit of the hydroelectric dams on the Missouri River will be paid for by the company that owns the real things.
http://archive.columbiatribune.com/2005/oct/20051014comm002.asp
Ken Midkiff. “Editorial: Paranoia at heart of effort to water down Endangered Species Act.” Columbia Daily Tribune, 14 October 2005.
U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., finally admitted his real concern was the new management plan for the Missouri River, specifically the proposal by the Army Corps of Engineers to release high levels of water each spring downstream from Gavins Point Dam. This plan will allegedly trigger a spawning urge and result in amorous behavior by the pallid sturgeon, a species on the brink of extinction.
http://www.yankton.net/stories/101405/community_20051014019.shtml
“Missouri River System Seeing Short Navigation Season.” Yankton Press & Dakotan, 14 October 2005.
Releases from the Missouri River system of dams and reservoirs were reduced beginning Oct. 5 to bring to the end the shortest navigation season since the reservoirs were filled in 1967. Depending on downstream tributary contributions, Missouri River stages will drop 4 to 5 feet from Sioux City to the mouth near St. Louis.
Ken Leiser. “Cities bet flood-prone areas can become safe.” St. Louis Post Dispatch, 15 October 2005.
Dale Boggs saw his clubhouse, driving range and batting cages swallowed whole by swirling Missouri River floodwater in 1993.
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/12911824.htm
“Corps cuts water releases from Missouri River dams.” Aberdeen American News, 15 October 2005.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has started to reduce the amount of water released from Missouri River dams.
http://www.marshallnews.com/story/1122460.html
Visitors step out on new trail at Van Meter.” Marshal Democrat News, 17 October 2005.
Today's Missouri River -- and its floodplain -- is a much different place than that traversed by Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery 200 years ago.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/12937146.htm
Back on the river — this time, Columbia.” Kansas City Star, 19 October 2005.
But not for Mike Calwell of Mission, who helped organize the Corps of Discovery II bicentennial visit to Kaw Point Park last year. Calwell, 64, wound up signing on with the corps, joining them for several legs of the keelboat and pirogue journey up the Missouri River.
http://www.yankton.net/stories/101905/community_20051019009.shtml
Randy Dockendorf. “"Muddy Mo" Suffers Low Flow.” Yankton Press and Dakotan, 19 October 2005.
The "Muddy Mo" is living up to its name, with the Missouri River running at only one-fourth its normal flow at Gavins Point Dam near Yankton.
The "Muddy Mo" is living up to its name, with the Missouri River running at only one-fourth its normal flow at Gavins Point Dam near Yankton.
http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051022/NEWS02/510220310/1001/ARCHIVE
Ben Shouse. “Fish spearers want more time, extra room.” Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 22 October 2005.
The masonry restorer from Dell Rapids, who also is a state
legislator, said he learned the sport five years ago in the Caribbean and
brought it back to the reservoirs of the Missouri River.
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/12978870.htm
“Dry year leaves Missouri at low levels.” Aberdeen American News, 23 October 2005.
The evidence of another dry year in the Missouri River's upper basin can be seen at Yankton, where the river is running at one-fourth its normal flow.
*appears in the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 24 October 2005.