One of the major concerns about TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline is the possibility that it would contaminate the Ogallala aquifer as it crosses Nebraska. (And remember, Keystone XL is eight times more likely to damage the…
Posts tagged as “water”
Madison's new public works director, Fred Snoderly, must have brought some high-country libertarianism with him from Idaho. In one of his first major acts as a city employee, Snoderly has recommended lifting Madison's watering restrictions. Last night he told the…
There goes big bad government again, ruining our lives with its wanton, tyrannical spending. Fresh from his big bike ride in the Hills (and almost making me late for my 1 p.m. job interview in Spearfish!), Governor Dennis Daugaard gets…
State Agriculture Secretary Advocates Dairy, Despite Questionable Cluelessness About Local Concerns The DENR's Water Management Board met Wednesday, July 13, to discuss, among other things, Water Rights Application No. 7239-3 from Hanson County Dairy. Brookings County dairy entrepreneur Michael Crinion…
Great civics class topic... and implications for Keystone XL? Flooding on Highway 81 north of Madison has brought up an interesting question of the local&ndashstate balance of power. As you'll know if you've tried to get from Watertown to Madison,…
Our friends at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service just released their 2011 report on Trends in Duck Breeding Populations. If you like ducks, it's good news. Of the regions marked out in the FWS report, the Eastern Dakotas has…
Various commentators and former governors seeking elder statesman status are confusing flood control with flood elimination and blaming the Army Corps of Engineers for heavy snow and rain and houses built in a flood plain. If you'd like something you…
As we rush to sandbag homes in Pierre, Ft. Pierre, Yankton, and Dakota Dunes, and as some residents of those areas prepare for awful long-term evacuation, Tom Lawrence of the Mitchell Daily Republic wonders why we didn't take action sooner:…