Originally published in the St. Joseph News-Press on April 26, 2011
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By Marshall White
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has changed its cautiously optimistic February forecast.
“2011 is lining up to be one of the wettest years on record,” said Jody Farhat, chief of the Missouri River water basin management.
Despite the fact all of last year’s 9.1 million acre feet of floodwaters were evacuated from the dams, the corps already has 8 million acre feet stored from the 2011 plains’ snowpack. And the mountain snowpack is 130 percent of normal and still rising, Mrs. Farhat said.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Missouri River Clean-up Set for May 7
Originally published in Sioux City Journal on April 27, 2011
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SOUTH SIOUX CITY – Missouri River Relief will host its annual Siouxland River Cleanup from 9 a.m. to noon on May 7, coinciding with South Sioux City’s annual PACE Day cleanup of city parks for the first time.
Keep Northeast Nebraska Beautiful, the cities of Sioux City and South Sioux City and LP Gill Hauling and Landfill, are partnering in the local cleanup effort, as well.
Sally Rienert, who is co-organizing the river cleanup on the South Sioux City side, said that organizers are contacting the larger companies and large groups in the area to get involved in the river cleanup and be recognized as a group doing good things for the community.
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SOUTH SIOUX CITY – Missouri River Relief will host its annual Siouxland River Cleanup from 9 a.m. to noon on May 7, coinciding with South Sioux City’s annual PACE Day cleanup of city parks for the first time.
Keep Northeast Nebraska Beautiful, the cities of Sioux City and South Sioux City and LP Gill Hauling and Landfill, are partnering in the local cleanup effort, as well.
Sally Rienert, who is co-organizing the river cleanup on the South Sioux City side, said that organizers are contacting the larger companies and large groups in the area to get involved in the river cleanup and be recognized as a group doing good things for the community.
ND lawmakers approve plan for pipeline project
Originally published by Forbes on April 27, 2010
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By Trevor Born - Associated Press
BISMARCK, N.D. -- Lawmakers on Tuesday approved using a patchwork of loans to finance a $150 million water pipeline project that would supply western North Dakota's oil industry and a number of cities in the region.
House members approved the bill 81-12 on Tuesday, followed by passage in the Senate, 39-8. It now goes to Gov. Jack Dalrymple.
The Western Area Water Supply project will take water from the Missouri River near Williston and pipe it into rural western North Dakota.
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By Trevor Born - Associated Press
BISMARCK, N.D. -- Lawmakers on Tuesday approved using a patchwork of loans to finance a $150 million water pipeline project that would supply western North Dakota's oil industry and a number of cities in the region.
House members approved the bill 81-12 on Tuesday, followed by passage in the Senate, 39-8. It now goes to Gov. Jack Dalrymple.
The Western Area Water Supply project will take water from the Missouri River near Williston and pipe it into rural western North Dakota.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Scientists write about their pallid sturgeon work
Blogmaster's Note: There's a lot of work being done this spring on the river to collect endangered pallid sturgeon for breeding and restocking and tracking gravid pallid sturgeon as they move upriver to spawn. The Missouri Dept. of Conservation, US Fish & Wildlife Service, South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks, Nebraska Game & Parks, US Geological Survey and US Army Corps of Engineers are all involved and partnering together on the projects.
Click here for the excellent blog by the US Geological Survey River Studies Branch on their Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project:http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/csrp/
Below is a reprint of an article published by Bill Graham of the Missouri Dept. of Conservation.
Primitive fish a precious catch to save the species
By Bill Graham, MDC.
A pallid sturgeon born in the muddy flows of the Missouri or Mississippi rivers and surviving more than a decade to reach reproductive maturity is among the rarest fishes in North America, an endangered species facing extinction.
Which is why a researcher who nonchalantly handles dozens of big fish daily got excited when he saw the flat snout and staggered barbels on a pale, three-foot-long fish thrashing in the Missouri River.
“Ooh, big pallid,” shouted Thomas Huffmon, a resource science assistant for the Missouri Department of Conservation seeking hatchery brood fish to save a species.
Right: Missouri River Relief's Vicki Richmond and Missouri Master Naturalist Mark Chambers show off a hatchery pallid sturgeon they helped catch with Thomas Huffmon's MDC crew this spring.
Boat operator Darby Niswonger quickly shifted the motor to idle and prepared to help land the prehistoric fish.
Click here for the excellent blog by the US Geological Survey River Studies Branch on their Comprehensive Sturgeon Research Project:http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/csrp/
Below is a reprint of an article published by Bill Graham of the Missouri Dept. of Conservation.
Primitive fish a precious catch to save the species
By Bill Graham, MDC.
A pallid sturgeon born in the muddy flows of the Missouri or Mississippi rivers and surviving more than a decade to reach reproductive maturity is among the rarest fishes in North America, an endangered species facing extinction.
“Ooh, big pallid,” shouted Thomas Huffmon, a resource science assistant for the Missouri Department of Conservation seeking hatchery brood fish to save a species.
Right: Missouri River Relief's Vicki Richmond and Missouri Master Naturalist Mark Chambers show off a hatchery pallid sturgeon they helped catch with Thomas Huffmon's MDC crew this spring.
Boat operator Darby Niswonger quickly shifted the motor to idle and prepared to help land the prehistoric fish.
Famous Author Saved Riverboat Pilot's Life
Originally published in the column "Did You Know That" on Inforum, a North Dakota based news website.
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By Curtis Eriksmoen
Blogmaster's Note: This column is a bit of history about Grant Marsh, often called the greatest "Mountain Pilot" on the Missouri River. Love to see this old river history revisited!
The man called the “finest riverboat pilot who ever lived” claimed that his life was saved early in his career by the wise decision of his boatmate and good friend, Sam Clemens.
In his biography, “The Conquest of the Missouri,” Grant Marsh told the author that in the winter of 1858-59 he, Clemens and other members of the A.B. Chambers No. 2 ran aground in the Mississippi when their boat ran out of fuel (wood) in the ice-crested river.
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By Curtis Eriksmoen
Blogmaster's Note: This column is a bit of history about Grant Marsh, often called the greatest "Mountain Pilot" on the Missouri River. Love to see this old river history revisited!
The man called the “finest riverboat pilot who ever lived” claimed that his life was saved early in his career by the wise decision of his boatmate and good friend, Sam Clemens.
In his biography, “The Conquest of the Missouri,” Grant Marsh told the author that in the winter of 1858-59 he, Clemens and other members of the A.B. Chambers No. 2 ran aground in the Mississippi when their boat ran out of fuel (wood) in the ice-crested river.
Middle School Students Clean River's Edge Trail
Originally published by KFBB Channel 5 in Black Eagle Montana on April 15, 2011
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By Charlie Keegan
The River's Edge Trail is a little cleaner today after a group of middle schoolers picked up trash along the Missouri River.
Holy Spirit Catholic School received a grant from the Governor's Office of Community Service to participate in Global Youth Service Day. The program tries to push children toward improving their communities through service.
The 55 middle schoolers took a break from the classroom and collected trash along both sides of the river.
Friday’s students were surprised at the amount of litter they found. “They are amazed at the amount of trash that is out there. Actually, I think they're kind of shocked that our city would have this much trash just lying around,” teacher Sue Sargent says.
“I was expecting some garbage, but definitely not this much garbage. People drove by and gave us thumbs up or said good job. It's rewarding when we drive by in the future to see it look cleaner and we know we helped out,” 7th grader Gavin Austin says.
The City and the River's Edge Trail donated the trash bags used in Friday’s cleanup effort.
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By Charlie Keegan
The River's Edge Trail is a little cleaner today after a group of middle schoolers picked up trash along the Missouri River.
Holy Spirit Catholic School received a grant from the Governor's Office of Community Service to participate in Global Youth Service Day. The program tries to push children toward improving their communities through service.
The 55 middle schoolers took a break from the classroom and collected trash along both sides of the river.
Friday’s students were surprised at the amount of litter they found. “They are amazed at the amount of trash that is out there. Actually, I think they're kind of shocked that our city would have this much trash just lying around,” teacher Sue Sargent says.
“I was expecting some garbage, but definitely not this much garbage. People drove by and gave us thumbs up or said good job. It's rewarding when we drive by in the future to see it look cleaner and we know we helped out,” 7th grader Gavin Austin says.
The City and the River's Edge Trail donated the trash bags used in Friday’s cleanup effort.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Missouri River Flooding Reports from the Web
Published April 25, 2011.
blogmaster's note: Here's several links related to current flooding on the lower Missouri River (below Gavin's Point Dam). I'll keep posting stories here for several days as things develop. Luckily, the Missouri River so far has not been hit nearly as hard as the Upper Mississippi, but the potential for flooding exists if there is a lot of rainfall in the basin below Gavin's Point Dam. For now the highest levels are in the Omaha to St. Joseph reach of the river.
First, though, is a link to a couple useful resources from the National Weather Service.
Missouri River Advanced Hydrological Predictions page (select the gages you want to see on the left, select the information you want from that gage on the river, then click "Make My River Page" at the bottom):
http://water.weather.gov//ahps2/glance.php?wfo=eax&gage=kcdm7&riverid=203276&view=1,1,1,1,1,1
Here' is their map overview of the Missouri River Basin, just another way to access the above information:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mbrfc/?n=RFC_observed
News Stories:
Missouri River Flooding Threatens Iowa and Nebraska - Action 3 News - Omaha (April 24, 2011):
http://www.action3news.com/story/14505545/missouri-river-threatens-iowa-and-nebraska
Missouri River Running High: Plattsmouth Project Delayed - Channel 6 WOWT - Omaha (April 19, 2011):
http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/Missouri_River_Running_120198854.html?ref=854
Corps of Engineers Bumps Up Missouri River Releases Because of Runoff - Sioux City Journal (April 21, 2011):
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/article_e4ac6b98-6c35-11e0-afbe-001cc4c002e0.html
Missouri River On the Rise - St. Joseph News-Press (April 22, 2011):
http://www.newspressnow.com/localnews/27644555/detail.html
blogmaster's note: Here's several links related to current flooding on the lower Missouri River (below Gavin's Point Dam). I'll keep posting stories here for several days as things develop. Luckily, the Missouri River so far has not been hit nearly as hard as the Upper Mississippi, but the potential for flooding exists if there is a lot of rainfall in the basin below Gavin's Point Dam. For now the highest levels are in the Omaha to St. Joseph reach of the river.
First, though, is a link to a couple useful resources from the National Weather Service.
Missouri River Advanced Hydrological Predictions page (select the gages you want to see on the left, select the information you want from that gage on the river, then click "Make My River Page" at the bottom):
http://water.weather.gov//ahps2/glance.php?wfo=eax&gage=kcdm7&riverid=203276&view=1,1,1,1,1,1
Here' is their map overview of the Missouri River Basin, just another way to access the above information:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mbrfc/?n=RFC_observed
News Stories:
Missouri River Flooding Threatens Iowa and Nebraska - Action 3 News - Omaha (April 24, 2011):
http://www.action3news.com/story/14505545/missouri-river-threatens-iowa-and-nebraska
Missouri River Running High: Plattsmouth Project Delayed - Channel 6 WOWT - Omaha (April 19, 2011):
http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/Missouri_River_Running_120198854.html?ref=854
Corps of Engineers Bumps Up Missouri River Releases Because of Runoff - Sioux City Journal (April 21, 2011):
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/article_e4ac6b98-6c35-11e0-afbe-001cc4c002e0.html
Missouri River On the Rise - St. Joseph News-Press (April 22, 2011):
http://www.newspressnow.com/localnews/27644555/detail.html
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