Missouri River News - October 31, 2005

http://archive.columbiatribune.com/2005/oct/20051025news012.asp

“River rise adopted by corps.” Columbia Daily Tribune, 25 October 2005.

After a decade of squabbles in the courts and Congress, the Army Corps of Engineers agreed yesterday to a spring-rise plan for the Missouri River to help restore the ailing pallid sturgeon.

*appears in the Bismark Tribune, 25 October 2005.

*appears in the Columbia Missourian, 25 October 2005.

*appears in the Jefferson City News Tribune, 25 October 2005.

*appears in the Kansas City Star, 25 October 2005.

*appears in the Omaha World Herald, 25 October 2005.

*appears in the Yankton & Press Yankton, 25 October 2005.

http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2005/10/25/news/local/104402.txt

“Governor appraises plan.” Bismark Tribune, 25 October 2005.

Gov. John Hoeven's office sees some progress in drought conservation in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' draft 2005-06 annual operating plan for the Missouri River.

http://archive.columbiatribune.com/2005/oct/20051027news002.asp

Rachel Webb. “Marina’s neighbor files suit.” Columbia Daily Tribune, 27 October 2005.

The dispute concerns a third of an acre along the Missouri River and has lasted almost since Cooper bought the property in the late 1970s. The Crowley family owns vacant land directly north of Cooper’s Landing.

http://www.capjournal.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&ArticleID=13805

Leta Nolan Childers. “River sedimentation group to meet in Pierre.” Pierre Capital Journal, 27 October 2005.

Howard Paul’s dedication to saving the Missouri River leaves him open to frustration as he and his organization, Missouri Sedimentation Action Coalition, struggle to obtain federal funds.

http://archive.columbiatribune.com/2005/oct/20051028comm001.asp

Ken Midkiff. “Editorial: Truth of climate debate is in the middle.” Columbia Daily Tribune, 28 October 2005.

The drought in the northern Rockies reached into the northern Plains, and this meant that our Missouri River was very low.

http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/state/13029748.htm

“Steamboat wreck from 1870 resurfaces.” Aberdeen American News, 29 October 2005.

Parts of the North Alabama recently reappeared on a sandbar near the Myron Grove Lake Access area west of Vermillion. Now, researchers from the University of South Dakota and the National Park Service are collecting data about the cargo boat.

*appears in the Yankton Press & Dakotan, 28 October 2005.

*appears in the Argus Leader, 28 October 2005.

http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2005/10/30/news/letters/104674.txt

Susan Franciere. “Opinion: Water flow in New Orleans and the Missouri River.” Bismark Tribune, 30 October 2005.

Andy Mork's portrait of water flow in New Orleans and the Missouri River (Letters, Oct. 17, "We, too, have a delta problem") fails to take into account the whole picture. Disaster was in the making when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers started tampering with the river water without fully understanding all the consequences of its actions.

http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2005/10/30/news/state/104702.txt

“Negotiations over NAWS lawsuit begin this week.” Bismark Tribune, 30 October 2005.

The project is designed to bring Missouri River water to Minot and smaller towns in the region.

http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/local/13033342.htm

“Manitoba, U.S., N.D. to discuss NAWS.” Grand Forks Herald, 30 October 2005.

The project is designed to bring Missouri River water to Minot and smaller towns in the region.