Missouri River
Joint Water Board
The Missouri River has been an important resource for people living along or near it for thousands of years. As time went on and the corridor of the Missouri River was developed and populations increased, efforts have been made to control flows, create storage, and prevent flooding. As a result, six main-stem dams have been in place for more than half a century, with the goal of bringing substantial economic, environmental, and social benefits to the people of North Dakota and nine other states.
The Missouri River Basin: Background & Quick Facts is a full-color publication that provides general information on the Missouri River, particularly the North Dakota portion of the river. It discusses the benefits of the river, and summarizes some of the most pressing issues of the river system. This publication is provided by the North Dakota Department of Water Resources. |
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The Missouri River Stakeholder Meeting Report
The Missouri River Stakeholder Meeting, held on August 10, 2022, was an attempt to bring all interested and impacted water managers and policy makers together to start a discussion of the importance of the system to everyone in North Dakota. The focus of the meeting was conducting a 'Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats'(SWOT) analysis of the Missouri River with attendees broken into small groups based on interest area. This SWOT analysis was intended to identify concerns regarding various aspects of the system and then use that information to further policy discussion and programs for the benefit of our state. To read the Missouri River Stakeholder SWOT Report, click here. |
United States Army Corps of Engineers
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provides the latest Missouri River management news featuring information about public meetings, forecast details, system reports, basin updates, and much more. |
literature_review_070720.pdfCosts and Benefits of Pick-Sloan Projects on North Dakota
A number of reports have been developed over the last 50 years on the impacts of the Pick Sloan project on North Dakota. Most of these have been the result of commissioned research and most have been released as reports of the NDSU Department of Agriculture Economics (later Agribusiness and Applied Economics). A standard algorithm has been employed for analysis with some variation on this literature review. |