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Missouri River managers turn attention from flood to drought RANDY DOCKENDORF, Yankton Press and Dakotan April 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — With anticipated continued drought, flooding likely won’t be an issue this year in the upper Missouri River basin, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other federal officials. Despite recent rainfall, the Yankton region remains a combination of abnormally dry and moderate drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. A similar situation is found in much of the upper basin. Reservoir inflows in the basi...

kfundingsland@minotdailynews.com The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has once again revised downward the amount of water expected to enter the Missouri River Basin this year. On the heels of what the Corps describes as “well-below average” runoff in March, the expected amount of runoff has been lowered to 21.3 million acre feet of water. That compares to March 1 expectation of 21.7 maf and the long-term average of 25.8 maf. “March precipitation was less than 50% of normal over much of the upper Basin,” said John Remus, chief of the Corps’ Missouri River Basin Water Management Division ...

(NAFB) – Reservoir inflows in the Missouri River basin above Sioux City, Iowa were well-below average in March, contributing to a below-average forecast for 2021. John Remus, chief of the Missouri River Basin Water Management Division for the Army Corps of Engineers, says, “Due to the lack of plains snowpack in 2021, below-average mountain snowpack, and dry upper basin conditions, we expect upper basin runoff to be below average.” The updated 2021 upper basin runoff forecast is 21.3 million acre-feet, 83 percent of average. The upper basin runoff forecast is based on soil moisture condi...

Pierre, SD, USA / DRGNews Apr 7, 2021 12:58 PM Reservoir inflows in the upper Missouri River Basin (above Sioux City, Iowa) were below average last month (March 2021). The updated 2021 upper Basin runoff forecast is 21.3 million acre-feet or 83% of average. John Remus is the chief of the US Army Corps of Engineers’ Missouri River Basin Water Management Division. He says abundant precipitation fell during March below Sioux City, IA; however, March precipitation was less than 50% of normal over much of the upper Basin. Remus says because of the lack of plains snowpack this winter, below-avera...

The meeting agenda includes updates from the following: Mr. John Remus, Chief of the Missouri River Water Management Division Mr. Kevin Low. Missouri River Basin Forecast Center Mr. Kevin Grode Missouri River Water Management Division Mr. Mike Swenson Missouri River Water Management Division The meetings will be recorded. The webinar portion of both meetings is identical. The question and answer sessions will be combined into a single recording. The recording will be placed on the US Army Corps of Engineers YouTube Channel and the on the Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System at www.dv...