Lower Ark Valley Continues Quest for 'Super Ditch'
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By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Dec. 14--ROCKY FORD - A water management plan nicknamed "Super Ditch" is getting a favorable reception in the Arkansas Valley, its sponsors say.
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Clean-up continues with waters still rising in some areas.
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By GORDON WEIXEL  The Burleigh County Water Board is questioning the tactics of the Bismarck Park Board  regarding management of the McDowell Dam Recreation area.
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By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Jan. 31--A $1 million study of alternative irrigation methods and strategies by Parker and Colorado State University could benefit the Arkansas River basin as well as the South Platte.
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By Scott Richardson, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.  Feb. 15--Al Nutty spends his days as a fishing guide on Kinkaid Lake in Southern Illinois.   The 2,750-acre reservoir offers walleye and smallmouth fishing that is improving. He's seen crappies that reach 2.5 to 3 pounds.
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By Gayle Perez, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Mar. 2--Researchers from Colorado State University-Fort Collins' Colorado Natural Heritage Program will be conducting a biological survey of ranch land in three Lower Arkansas Valley counties beginning this month.
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By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  May 30--A congressional hearing scheduled Friday in Pueblo on the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project is designed to bring understanding of the original intent of the project and the effects it has had on water development in the Arkansas Valley.
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There's still work to do if the former Boise Cascade is to make its mark.
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By Cynthia Sewell, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Jan. 30--A nearly weeklong inversion continues to wreak havoc on the  Treasure Valley's air quality.
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By Arlene Martinez, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Sep. 8--A land-use consultant hired by Bushkill Township presented plans Thursday that officials hope will scale down a potential massive residential development.
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By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Sep. 24--Reservoir construction, pipelines and water imports in the Arkansas Valley have changed flows in ways not yet fully understood.
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By Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune  Mar. 8--WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed  adding a plume of contaminated groundwater stretching from Bountiful to Woods  Cross to its national Superfund list, making it part of a federal cleanup  effort.
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By Jacob Luecke, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Jun. 5--After months of back-and-forth arguing about a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to dump hundreds of tons of dirt into the Missouri River, the corps and state water regulators will meet later this month to try to dig up a compromise.
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By John Estus, The Daily Oklahoman  Feb. 17--SPENCER -- A waste disposal company's plan to add to a landfill here troubles local officials and residents.
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By Scott Barker, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn.  Jun. 11--KINGSTON -- High on the bluff overlooking Watts Bar Lake in  Roane County, a bald eagle perches atop the tip of a dead tree. From a passing  boat, its body seems little more than an inky scratch on a blue sky.
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By Patricia Barclay, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  May 26--The ultimate elitist campaign, an effort by chefs to lobby for tearing out the lower Snake River dams, has hit. Somehow, they think this will let them continue to serve wild Alaska salmon, mostly in San Francisco and Seattle.
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By Amy Choate-Nielsen Deseret Morning News  PROVO -- Utah County officials may allow a gravel-pit company to keep digging in an area that isn't zoned for industrial use -- but not if the neighbors can help it.