Missouri River News - October 3, 2005
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Gordon Weixel. “Corps moving forward in creating sandbars.” Bismark Tribune, 20 September 2005.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers appears to be renewing its interest in developing sandbars on the Missouri River that would provide habitat for the piping plover and interior least tern, both protected under the Endangered Species Act.
Wayne Freeman. “Editorial: Flood-Plain Development: This has to stop.” St. Louis Post Dispatch, 20 September 2005.
Since the floods of 1993, more than 12,000 acres of once-submerged land have been placed behind levies or otherwise developed. Few communities along the rivers in the St. Louis region are without blame.
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/state/12705298.htm
Kelly Wiese. “Group says Missouri water supply threatened by global warming.” Wichita Eagle, 21 September 2005.
An environmental group said Wednesday that a data analysis shows global warming is affecting the Missouri River basin, threatening the state's water supply.
*appears in the Kansas City Star, 22 September 2005.
*appears in the Columbia Daily Tribune, 22 September 2005.
*appears in the Jefferson City News Tribune, 22 September 2005.
*appears in the Omaha World Herald, 22 September 2005.
*appears in the Yankton Press & Dakotan, 22 September 2005.
http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/local/12726294.htm
Sam Hananel. “Missouri senators ask president to release Missouri River water.” Bellville News Democrat, 23 September 2005.
Missouri's senators want President Bush to step into a dispute over water flows along the Missouri River, saying navigation along its drought-plagued cousin - the Mississippi River - is at stake.
*appears in the Aberdeen American News, 24 September 2005.
*appears in the Bismark Tribune, 24 September 2005.
*appears in the Columbia Daily Tribune, 24 September 2005.
*appears in the Jamestown Sun, 24 September 2005.
*appears in the Jefferson City News Tribune, 24 September 2005.
*appears in the Yankton Press & Dakotan, 24 September 2005.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2005/09/26/news/state/102767.txt
“Fargo considers water options.” Bismark Tribune, 26 September 2005.
The analysis by EES Consulting of Kirkland, Wash., for the Lake Agassiz Water Authority finds that options for bringing Missouri River water east range from about $425 million to $639 million. The brunt of the cost likely would be borne by Fargo-Moorhead and the surrounding area, which has the greatest need for more water.
*appears in the Jamestown Sun, 26 September 2005.
http://www.jamestownsun.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=32019&SectionID=31&SubSectionID=98&S=1
“Fargo officials studying water options.” Jamestown Sun, 26 September 2005.
The analysis by EES Consulting of Kirkland, Wash., for the Lake Agassiz Water Authority finds that options for bringing Missouri River water east range from about $425 million to $639 million.
http://archive.columbiatribune.com/2005/sep/20050926comm001.asp
Henry J. Waters. “Editorial: River flow: Nothing has changed.” Columbia Daily Tribune, 26 September 2005.
If you noticed the debate last year and the year before and today over Missouri River water flows, you will notice nothing has changed.
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Jake Thompson. “Gulf costs could hit Midlands projects.” Omaha World Herald, 27 September 2005.
Paul Johnston, spokesman for the Army Corps division office in Omaha, said the Missouri River project isn't on hold, but whether Congress will be able to fund it is unclear right now.
Maggie Carlson. “Great Rivers files suit over levee.” St. Louis Post Dispatch, 30 September 2005.
The lawsuit states the Corps did not take proper measures to research the implications associated with building the four-mile levee in the Missouri River Flood Plain.
“Pallid sturgeon tagging planned.” Billings Gazette, 2 October 2005.
Biologists say they believe fewer than 200 mature pallids exist in the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers between Fort Peck Reservoir in Montana and North Dakota's Lake Sakakawea. Female pallids need 10 years or more to reach adulthood and produce eggs.
Bill Lambrecht. “Property rights gain traction in overhaul of Endangered Species Act.” St. Louis Post Dispatch, 2 October 2005.
Graves' district borders nearly 100 miles of the Missouri River, which has been the location of one of the nation's most contentious endangered species battles.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2005/10/03/news/topnews/103122.txt
Gordon Weixel. “Bismarck's big plans.” Bismark Tribune, 3 October 2005.
This facility runs Missouri River water through a treatment which softens it. The original plant was built in the late 1920s or early 1930s, according to Demke, and has been expanded through several projects.
http://www.jamestownsun.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=32180&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=102&S=1
Janell Cole. “Editorial: Tribal water decree full of history.” Jamestown Sun, 3 October 2005.
The tribal document resolved to, among other things, petition the federal government to let the tribe exercise its rights to use Missouri River water through purchase of the generators and transmission facilities at Oahe Dam in northern South Dakota.
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/12804796.htm
Ag folks may feel impact of warming.” Aberdeen American News, 3 October 2005.
Snowpack in Missouri River basin states has been below average in 14 of the past 16 years and droughts are likely to become more common, the report showed.