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Tag: Souris River
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On This Day | A Timely Warning From the Past
Small-boy curiosity nearly ended fatally Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock when Glenn Sagen, 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Sagen of 525 Sixth Street northeast fell through the ice at Spring Lake in the northeastern part of the city and Edward[...]
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On This Day | Flood Protection In The Works
R. E. Kennedy, who heads the state engineering department of North Dakota, gave a detailed explanation of the report he recently made to the city commission, pertaining to his plans for Mouse river flood control, at a mass meeting held in the[...]
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What does a community with 20 years of watershed work look like?
In Cedar Falls, conservation has become a community habit. Over the past 20 years, residents have turned lawns, alleys, and parks into quiet defenders of clean water through the Dry Run Creek Watershed Improvement Project. From rain gardens to permeable pavement, more[...]
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On This Day | Measuring the Mouse
The government water gauge on the Mouse river near Sherwood is being replaced by a steel-framed cement automatic gauge tower, 25 feet high and five feet square. Apparatus located in the top of the structure with connection to the water level below[...]
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‘Canoemobile’ kicks off popular Red River Basin watershed education programs
More than 700 students and teachers took to the water last week as the International Water Institute launched its fall River Watch and River of Dreams programs in record-setting style. Partnering with Wilderness Inquiry’s “Canoemobile,” the institute turned rivers across the Red[...]
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On This Day | The Murmuring Mouse
The Mouse river is the lowest at this point in years. The Murmuring Mouse no longer murmurs. Just to the left of old Mill street, near the Minot flour mill, one can step across the stream which is no more than three[...]
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On This Day | Souris Fate Defined
2. To constitute a stream, which is not tide-water, navigable, it must be navigable in fact from its natural state without aid or reference to artificial means, and be of sufficient capacity to render it capable of being used as a highway[...]
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Paddlefest returns to Riverbank with a message: Protect our waters from AIS
Kayaks, canoes, and community spirit will fill the Assiniboine River this weekend as the Riverbank Discovery Centre hosts its second annual Paddlefest. Beyond the fun, organizers are using the event to highlight an urgent message: protecting Manitoba’s waters from invasive species like[...]
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Minot’s Plum Valley History
Beneath today’s neighborhoods and highways, the Souris River Valley carries layers of memory—plum thickets, hunting grounds, and the footprints of many nations who once called it home. The naming of Minot’s new Plum River Native Prairie rekindles those stories, even if the[...]
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On This Day | Little River Big Fish
The largest norther pike officially reported in several years was caught from the Mouse River at Baker's Bridge, announced the Game and Fish Department. Clayton Campbell of Minot Air Force Base, landed a lunker that weighed an even 24 pounds and measured[...]
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Saskatchewan government plans to extend life of coal plants
Saskatchewan is betting on coal—at least for a little while longer. In a letter to SaskPower employees, Minister Jeremy Harrison said the province will extend the life of its coal plants as it prepares for a nuclear-powered future. The move aims to[...]
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Minnesota Confronts Rising River Costs with System-Wide Approach
Minnesota is staring down a tough reality: their rivers are flooding more often, running murkier, and overwhelming piecemeal solutions. At the latest Minnesota River Congress, a coalition of citizens, engineers, and environmental leaders called for a system-wide approach to water management—one that[...]
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On This Day | River Produces Heroic Moment
Two 12-year-old Minot boys are good swimmers jumped into the water and caught hold of the girls just as they were disappearing beneath the water. -- May 29, 1941 | The Ward County Independent Why We Chose It Stories of drowning on[...]
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On This Day | The Struggle Between Productivity and Conservation
ABOLITION OF THE LOWER Souris Wildlife Refuge has been asked of congress by the members of the Souris River Duck Control association, farmers who suffer grain losses to waterfowl harbored by the refuge. -- April 17, 1952 | The Ward County Independent[...]
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Sask. Water Security Agency Projects ‘Near Normal’ Souris Basin Run Off
The Saskatchewan Water Security Agency develops comprehensive basin run-off projections each spring for river basins the impact the province. It matters in Minot because much of the Souris River's upper basin lies in Southern Saskatchewan, and the water that runs off there[...]