Missouri Gets Help From South Dakota in Missouri River Fight

Missouri officials might have an unlikely ally in the fight against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over how the Missouri River will be managed next Spring – officials from South Dakota. The Corps wants to produce a Spring rise, a manmade flood to help...

Concerns Raised Over Draft Plan for Missouri River

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released the draft of next spring’s annual operating plan for the Missouri River. It has some new terms for some items of old concern. Army Corps of Engineers spokesman Paul Johnston says the draft plan includes two Spring...

Legislature Trying to Stop Missouri River Spring Rise

It appears the Legisalture will call on Missouri’s Congressional delegation and state officials to do everything possible to keep the Army Corps of Engineers from instituting a so-called spring rise on the Missouri River. The Corps has told a federal judge it is...

Still No Agreement on Missouri River Spring Rise

Friday’s deadline for reaching an agreement on a Spring rise for the Missouri River has come and gone – and there is still no deal. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is trying to meet an order from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to take action to...

Corps of Engineers Has New Plan for Missouri River

Officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers say the continued drought in the western United States is forcing them to consider shortening the barge navigation season on the Missouri River by up to two months this year. But officials in this state say the Corps is...
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