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Red River nutrient management plan in the works

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Plans for a nutrient management strategy for the Red River watershed have been endorsed by the International Red River Board of the International Joint Commission. Representatives of North Dakota, Minnesota and Manitoba, the Red River Basin Commission (RRBC) and federal agencies from both countries have agreed to work together across various jurisdictions within the watershed.
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Why Some Floods Last Longer

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We’re getting used to more frequent floods in the Red River basin. But, now, in some parts of the basin, we’re also faced with flood waters staying around longer. They call it “duration.” We can understand high waters at the peak of a flood. But it’s getting to be weeks now, and waters are still
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Flood Prevention Ideas Could Assist Protection

At a time when flood waters are threatening property and disrupting the economy across the Prairies, it seems odd to be on a bus tour showcasing projects that flood farmland on purpose. But officials in the Northern U.S. have concluded flooding relatively small areas of farmland is better than the alternative. “Before the (North Ottawa
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Rivers To Crest This Week

Rural Manitobans remained on high alert this week as rising flood waters continued to spread across the province, forcing people from their homes, washing out roads and inundating farmland. With crests on the province’s two major rivers, the Red and Assiniboine, expected by early next week, flooding also remained general along most of the smaller
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Delaying The Drainage

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As Manitoba braces for what could be another Flood of the Century a mere 14 years after the last one, the calls are mounting across the province for governments to do something about this province’s ongoing and seasonal excess moisture situation. It doesn’t help that Manitoba has had significant floods in 2001, 2002, 2006, 2009
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Report Eyes Reducing River Flows

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Aplan to reduce the flow on the Red River during flood stage is feasible but would come at a huge cost, a yet-to-be-released study says. Reducing peak flows by 20 per cent is doable but the price tag would be at last $1 billion, according to a model developed for the Red River Basin Commission.
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Long-Term Flood Solutions Urgent For Red River

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News of an expected major flood along the Red River this spring created an undercurrent of urgency at the Red River Basin Commission’s annual convention last week. A focus on flood control reflected the inescapable reality that the river is a perennial flood risk waiting to happen. The reason is simple. “We live in the
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GMOs In Nature Refuge Contested

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Environmentalists filed a federal lawsuit against the U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service on Mar. 1 accusing the service of illegally allowing farmers to grow genetically modified crops in a national wildlife refuge. The groups said up to 80 other national wildlife refuges across the United States are now growing genetically engineered crops and could
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A New Flood Control For An Old Problem

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“There would be minimum disruption.” – HERM MARTENS, R. M. OF MORRIS The Manitoba government has signalled its interest in digging another floodway. Manitoba Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation Steve Ashton said last week the province may consider diverting the Morris River to help ease chronic spring flooding of Highway 75 at Morris. That would
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Major Spring Flooding Seen In North Dakota

Potential for cities and towns to be hit by major flooding along the Red River in North Dakota and Minnesota runs from likely to a near certainty this spring, the United States National Weather Service said Feb. 19. The Red River Valley’s biggest city, Fargo, North Dakota, has a 96 per cent chance of major

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