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Missouri River News - May 2, 2005
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/11493363.htm
“Electric rates would double under budgetary proposal.” Aberdeen American News, 26 April 2005.
Even if the Bush proposal fails, South Dakota is all but guaranteed higher power rates because of falling water levels on the Missouri River, which generates much of the state's power, Johnson said. One figure shows an approximately 25-percent hike due to lower river levels alone, he said.
“Falling water level concerns towns by Missouri River lake.” Billings Gazette, 26 April 2005.
David Holmes looks at Lake Sakakawea along the Missouri River and sees weeds and brush where water used to be.
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/state/11487794.htm
Dale Wetzel. “Commission schedules hearings on power line for wind farm.” Grand Forks Herald, 26 April 2005.
State regulators will hold public hearings to hear concerns about construction of a new power line, which would span the Missouri River to link a proposed wind-power farm to North Dakota's electric transmission grid.
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_np=0&u_pg=1638&u_sid=1395551
Nancy Gaarder. “More federal funds flow for wetlands restoration.” Omaha World Herald, 26 April 2005.
Since June, Glup and 34 other Nebraska landowners have been approved for federal aid as part of a long-term effort to restore 18,200 acres along the Missouri River in Nebraska.
http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050427/LIFE/504270323/1004
“Lewis & Clark Journal. Army leads way in opening up the West.” Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 27 April 2005.
Seeing the potential for trade, Lewis and Clark are considering a site for a military and fur-trading post at the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers.
Keith Edgerton. “Guest opinion: Corps' 1805 arrival recalled.” Billings Gazette, 27 April 2005.
April 27, 1805, began pleasant and clear. As morning became afternoon, however, the wind picked up. The Corps of Discovery, numbering 33 individuals and a black Newfoundland dog and under the command of Capts. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, had been nearly three weeks out from its winter quarters at Fort Mandan in what is now north-central North Dakota.
http://www.columbiatribune.com/2005/Apr/20050427News001.asp
Sara Agnew. “DNR reversal paves way for dismantling old bridge.” Columbia Daily Tribune, 27 April 2005.
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has reversed a decision by its former director to preserve a 72-year-old rail bridge over the Missouri River in Boonville.
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/04/27/helena/a01042705_05.txt
Eve Byron. “BLM may allow camping on McMaster land.” Helena Independent Record, 27 April 2005.
Boaters on the stretch of Missouri River between the Canyon Ferry and Hauser dams may have a new place to picnic this summer.
http://columbiamissourian.com/news/story.php?ID=13585
Heidi Mayer. “Group tries to save historic bridge.” Columbia Missourian, 28 April 2005.
The bridge, which crosses the Missouri River, was built in 1932. Union Pacific Railroad plans to demolish the bridge and use its spans to add on to an existing railroad bridge in Osage City. *also appeared in the Columbia Daily Tribune, 27 April 2005.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/28/build/local/40-garver.inc
Al Garver. “Local Lewis and Clark re-enactor sails downriver.” Billings Gazette, 28 April 2005.
On April 19, I began my own voyage of discovery as I prepared to travel from Montana to Nebraska to meet up with the Lewis and Clark keelboat.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/28/build/state/20-boats.inc
Tom Howard. “Anchored in history: Boat pulls ashore at Culbertson.” Billings Gazette, 28 April 2005.
Two hundred years ago, Capt. Meriwether Lewis sighted dozens of drowned buffalo littering the shores of the Missouri River as the Corps of Discovery labored west of the Missouri's confluence with the Yellowstone River.
Dave Fuller. “Biologists begin hunting for elusive pallid sturgeon.” Billings Gazette, 28 April 2005.
This "hunt" is where fisheries biologists and pallid sturgeon researchers from multiple agencies come together to capture adult pallid sturgeon. Then the adults are taken to the hatchery, spawned, and the young produced are raised, then released back to the wild. http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/04/28/top/a01042805_01.txt
Tom Howard. “Lewis and Clark Voyage into Montana.” Helena Independent Record, 28 April 2005.
Two hundred years ago, Capt. Meriwether Lewis sighted dozens of drowned buffalo littering the shores of the Missouri River as the Corps of Discovery labored west of the Missouri's confluence with the Yellowstone River.
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/04/28/helena/a01042805_03.txt
Eve Byron. “Board OKs conservation trust projects.” Helena Independent Record, 28 April 2005. Six projects totaling $421,000 — ranging from the purchase of private land within the Helena National Forest to enhancement of fishing access to the Yellowstone River near Glendive — are seeking funding from the Montana Fish and Wildlife Conservation Trust. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-04-28-muddy_x.htm
Patrick I’Driscoll and Tom Kenworthy. “Western drought shrinking Big Muddy.” USA Today, 28 April 2005.
The Missouri River, the nation's longest, is struggling in the dry clutches of a multiyear drought. For six years, the river's three giant reservoirs on the northern Plains have dropped slowly and alarmingly, curbing recreation, hydropower generation and commercial navigation downstream. *also appeared in the Great Falls Tribune, 2 May 2005.
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/sports/outdoors/11518457.htm
“Doug Leier Column: Meetings shed light on N.D. outdoors issues.” Grand Forks, 29 April 2005.
The department is working tirelessly to maintain and provide access to each lake, but high water in Devils Lake and continued drought in the Missouri River basin pose continual challenges.
http://www.ljworld.com/section/citynews/story/203382
Alicia Henrikson. “State adding ramps to Kaw hoping river will float your boat.” Lawerence Journal-World, 30 April 2005.
Just three rivers in the state -- the Kansas, Arkansas and Missouri --can legally be used for recreation. The rest are considered to be privately owned.
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/business/industries/agriculture/11529254.htm
“Grasshoppers hit S.D.'s drought areas.” Grand Forks Herald, 30 April 2005.
Ranchers in Fall River County, S.D., have enough to worry about as drought stunts growth in their pastures, without having to deal with a new threat: an early season grasshopper that's eating new grass on rangeland west of Hot Springs, S.D.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/11527968.htm
Rick Montegomery. “Boatload of tourists? More like a raft.” Kansas City Star, 30 April 2005.
Downstream on the Missouri River, Williston, N.D., hotel operator Tom Kasperson flatly assesses the effect of Lewis and Clark tourism on his business: “Zero.”
Mark Henckel. “State paddlefish anglers await surge in silt to spark fishing.” Billings Gazette, 1 May 2005.
Paddlefish snagging is a thing of spring and early summer. The best snagging comes when high, muddy runoff waters swell the Missouri River above Fort Peck, the Missouri below Fort Peck and the Yellowstone River below Intake.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2005/05/01/news/local/nws02.txt
Gordon Weixel. “Flights of fancy: A river, of sorts, runs through it.” Bismark Tribune, 1 May 2005.
The river is actually special tile, blended into the floor, depicting the winding Missouri, with several of the communities on its banks represented. Above, on the terminal's center ceiling, a blue sky with wispy clouds provides a feeling of wide open spaces common to western North Dakota.
http://columbiamissourian.com/features/story.php?ID=13622
Hugh Welsh. “Exhibit explores artists’ interpretations of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers and their roles in state history.” Columbia Daily Tribune, 1 May 2005.
Thomas Hart Benton etched a different river scene. Titled “Flood,” the drawing shows an elderly man feebly clenching the arm of his daughter. The torrent of the Missouri River has struck a lethal blow, swallowing up livestock, valuables and memories.
http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-montana1may01,0,4285089.story
Craig Ligibel. “Along the Missouri with Lewis and Clark.” LA Times, 1 May 2005.
Tony finished reading, and our eyes turned to Robin Morgan, a 30-year-old Lakota Sioux. "All my life, I have wanted to journey on the great Missouri River," Robin said. "Sharing this journey with family of the first white men to explore this region brings the experience full circle."
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/opinion/11533821.htm
Dangerously wrong flood study puts people at risk.” Kansas City Star, 1 May 2005.
There could not be a better place to require the use of unbiased science than in the government's study of flood risks along the Midwest's large rivers.
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050502/NEWS01/505020301/1002
Sonja Lee. “River low near Great Falls; summer a big 'if'.” Great Falls Tribune, 2 May 2005. Linda Nottingham, an owner and operator of Upper Missouri River Keelboat, an outfitting service that shuttles passengers downstream, said streamflows in the river are similar to those floaters might see late in the summer.
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2005/05/02/news/state/sta03.txt
“Low lake level is problem for boats.” Bismark Tribune, 2 May 2005.
It's been five years since a yacht was launched from Fort Stevenson's marina on the big lake, said Dick Messerly, the marina's manager.
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/story.php?ID=13643
Jacob Hackman. “Summer cleanup to relieve Mo. River.” Columbia Missourian, 2 May 2005.
Missouri River Relief will stay busy this summer doing its part to clean up the Missouri River.
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050502/NEWS01/505020309/1002
Keila Szpaller. “Ceremony marks Corps' arrival.” Great Falls Tribune, 2 May 2005.
To mark the anniversary of their crossing, North Dakota officials handed over a symbolic espontoon, or spear, to Montana officials Saturday at "Lewis and Clark at the Confluence," held Friday through Sunday at Fort Union Trading Post and the Confluence Interpretive Center.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/11539998.htm
Jeffreyu Spivak. “Demands of Lewis & Clark's journey haven't lessened.” Kansas City Star, 2 May 2005.
When famed explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark formed their original crew, they chose single men in their 20s — who didn't have much of a life to give up.
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