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    September 21, 2018
    Final Missouri River study to be presented next week
    BISMARCK — Final recommendations related to a study of the ordinary high water mark of the Missouri River will be presented to the North Dakota Industrial Commission next week. The study by consultant Wenck Associates prompted objections from mineral owners and about 1,500 pages...
    news/science-and-natureSeptember 21, 2018 - 8:04pm
    University of Mary executive vice president Greg Vetter, left, and Luke Seidling, assistant director of physical plant, stand on a bluff on the west side of campus that is in close proximity to a residence hall. The university recently received a $2.8 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to protect against the threat of a landslide at the site. Tom Stromme / Bismarck Tribune
    University of Mary gets $2.8 million FEMA grant to protect against landslide threat
    BISMARCK -- The University of Mary has received a $2.8 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to protect against the threat...
    news/educationSeptember 21, 2018 - 7:21pm
    August 1, 2018
    Craig and Sarah Griesbach of West Fargo stand with their kayaks Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, at the kayak launch in Lindenwood Park. The couple recently used them to complete a 340-mile river race across Missouri in 76 hours. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editorplay button
    Committed kayakers: West Fargo couple takes on 340-mile Missouri River race
    WEST FARGO – How to stay fueled and hydrated during a recent endurance race may have been the lesser of worries for a West Fargo couple.
    sports/recreationAugust 1, 2018 - 10:00pm
    July 30, 2018
    Crews remove branches and debris from shoreline along the approach channel near the spillway at the Garrison Dam in central North Dakota. Removing the debris will avoid more damage and keep it from making its way downstream. Submitted photo
    Missouri River, reservoir levels finally dropping
    RIVERDALE, N.D.—After a month of heavy water releases from the Garrison Dam on the Missouri River in North Dakota, releases finally are...
    news/science-and-natureJuly 30, 2018 - 7:11pm
    June 26, 2018
    Emergency boating rules put in place on Missouri River
    BISMARCK -- The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has established an idle-speed-only restriction within 200 feet of the shoreline for boaters on the Missouri and Heart rivers in the Bismarck-Mandan area. River users are also advised to use extra caution because of the safety hazards...
    news/science-and-natureJune 26, 2018 - 3:09pm
    June 25, 2018
    Rising waters are making it challenging to access docked boats, such as this one in Marina Bay in Mandan. Kimberly Wynn / Bismarck Tribune
    Officials consider no-wake zone on Missouri River
    BISMARCK -- Morton and Burleigh county officials met on Monday with staff from the North Dakota Game and Fish Department to consider establishing...
    news/weatherJune 25, 2018 - 6:45pm
    June 20, 2018
    Three boys and a beagle search for turtles and fish in the Missouri River backwaters near Sertoma Park in Bismarck on Tuesday morning. Bradley Bosch, holding a net, points to bubbles rising in the water while Landen Dvorak, left, and Luke Nordlund, all 12, help in the search. Tom Stromme / Bismarck Tribune
    Rising Missouri River water levels put Bismarck, Mandan on alert
    BISMARCK—While Missouri River levels hadn't yet fully risen Wednesday afternoon, the water was coming. Levels were expected to reach the...
    news/science-and-natureJune 20, 2018 - 7:07pm
    June 18, 2018
    Dam releases to counter rising Missouri River
    BISMARCK -- The Missouri River will rise another foot and a half near Bismarck this week as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers again steps up releases...
    news/weatherJune 18, 2018 - 2:26pm
    March 30, 2018
    The ice on the Yellowstone River near Cartwright, N.D., near the border with Montana broke up on Thursday. Submitted photo
    Yellowstone River gets moving in N.D. but ice jam potential remains
    WATFORD CITY, N.D.—Two ice jams on the Yellowstone River in northeastern Montana have moved on while the river has now broken up in North...
    news/science-and-natureMarch 30, 2018 - 5:24pm
    January 21, 2018
    Least terns, shown above, are an endangered species that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is trying to boost through a project to create more sandbar habitat on the Missouri River near Washburn. Bismarck Tribune file photo
    Corps considering $2 million sandbar project on Missouri River for plovers, terns
    WASHBURN, N.D.—The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is aiming to build up a sandbar on the Missouri River near Washburn, about 40 miles north...
    newsJanuary 21, 2018 - 7:04am
    December 7, 2017
    ND man, 70, dies after falling through ice near boat landing on Missouri River
    BISMARCK --- A 70-year-old man is dead after falling through the ice into a canal near a boat landing on Hoge Island on the Missouri River about...
    news/accidentsDecember 7, 2017 - 10:23pm
    November 29, 2017
    This aerial photo taken July 10, 2017, shows the site of a proposed day park along the Missouri River south of Bismarck. It would be North Dakota's first new state park in more than 25 years. The field on the left would separate the park from the Missouri River Correctional Center. File Photo / Bismarck Tribune
    Missouri River Day Park development on hold until new budget cycle
    BISMARCK — North Dakota Parks and Recreation is aiming to secure operational funding before turning its eye to development of the Missouri...
    news/government-and-politicsNovember 29, 2017 - 11:10am
    November 12, 2017
    With Joy, John Lindgren's Llewellin setter holding point, Sandi Restine of Delano, Minn. and Lindgren move in to flush a rooster pheasant during a South Dakota hunt near the Missouri River. Sam Cook / Forum News Service
    Missouri River roosters: Minnesota hunters find plenty of pheasants along the river in South Dakota
    GETTYSBURG, S.D. — Joy was sure she had the rooster locked up. John Lindgren's Llewellin setter held a rock-solid point, her nose riveted...
    sports/outdoorsNovember 12, 2017 - 11:59am
    November 6, 2017
    McClusky Canal Photo courtesy of Garrison Diversion Conservancy District
    ND officials: Optimism builds over $1 billion water pipeline to serve Red River Valley, central ND
    FARGO—The push to deliver water from the Missouri River to the Red River Valley is gaining momentum and officials are optimistic that construction...
    newsNovember 6, 2017 - 9:57am
    June 16, 2017
    An aerial view of the Lake Audubon embankment, which separates lake Sakawea, to the west, and Lake Audubon. Lake Audubon is the preferred source of water for the Red River Valley Water Supply Project, which would divert Missouri River water to the Red River Valley in times of prolonged drought. Photo special to The Forum.
    Reservoir embankment's potential to collapse poses new hurdle for Red River Valley Water Supply Project
    FARGO — Safety concerns over the potential failure of a reservoir embankment have emerged as a new complication confronting a proposed...
    newsJune 16, 2017 - 8:15pm
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