Missouri River

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) proposed on October 23 removing the interior least tern from its list of endangered species. The agency said the least tern population—estimated as… Read More

Higher-than-average releases from all Missouri River Mainstem system projects, including Gavins Point Dam, will continue through November, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced November 6. “Gavins Point releases will… Read More

Businesses, towns and residents along the Missouri River and its tributaries are experiencing yet another period of high water and flooding—the third this year for some of them. On October… Read More

Twice a year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Missouri River Basin Water Management Division hosts public meetings to discuss the Missouri River Mainstem System, upper basin runoff, and reservoir… Read More

Widespread and heavy rainfall in the upper Missouri River basin (above Sioux City, Iowa) resulted in another month of above-average runoff, the Corps of Engineers reported September 5. Precipitation during… Read More

The Omaha (Neb.) Engineer District recently awarded contracts worth $10.3 million to repair severe damage to levees from this spring’s flooding, including levees that protect Offutt Air Force Base. The… Read More

Widespread and heavy rainfall in the upper Missouri River basin—above Sioux City, Iowa—resulted in another month of above average runoff, the Corps of Engineers reported. Areas of Montana, Wyoming, South… Read More

Much-above average runoff in the upper Missouri River basin (above Sioux City, Iowa) extended into June following widespread and heavy rainfall in South Dakota and Nebraska. Additionally, widespread and heavy… Read More

As water levels drop, Upper Mississippi River locks are slowly reopening. By June 20, all locks in the Rock Island Engineer District were opened, according to a district spokesman, who… Read More