Tag: Flood Protection

F-M flood diversion proponents, opponents sound off at first task force meeting

by: Josh Wolsky  |  

Fargo’s flood protection plan is stuck in the courts because of a lack of permits from the State of Minnesota. Over the past few weeks, Governor Burgum initiated talks with Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton to see if there’s a way forward. The result: it’s a committee formed quickly to take a look at possible resolutions. But

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New Orleans artists meet, speak on resilience with floodwall project

by: Josh Wolsky  |  

The project is ambitious, a 1.5-mile long mural painted on a flood wall with the hopes of educating and empowering the local kids. The article is relevant here in Minot for two reasons. First, we’ve got a lot of flood wall going up, what we’ve seen thus far is aesthetically attractive, but perhaps there is

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Growing cities take proactive stance against diverse threats, building resilience

by: Josh Wolsky  |  

When it comes to resilience, it’s not just about being prepared. It’s about building stronger cities that deliver a higher quality of life and more economic diversity. Sound familiar? Minot is in the middle of an enormous resiliency effort made possible by $74.3 million federal grant. And we’re not the only city thinking in this language;

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Judge is asked to halt Army Corps’ flood-diversion project for Fargo-Moorhead

by: Josh Wolsky  |  

The Fargo-Moorhead area’s attempt to build flood protection is in the hands of a federal judge. The state of Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources has denied the project a needed permit. The details of the case may be of interest to the legally inclined, but the context in which this matters to Minot is this:

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FEMA floodplain open house your opportunity for one-on-one answers

by: Josh Wolsky  |  

Wednesday, July 19th FEMA and the City of Minot will be hosting an open house at the Municipal Auditorium from 10:00 am till 8:00 pm. As a result of FEMA’s floodplain remapping process of the Souris Valley, approximately 4,000 properties in the Minot area will be newly included in the area’s revised floodplain. That means

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Rural Flood Protection Plan Advancing

by: Josh Wolsky  |  

The Mouse River Enhanced Flood Protection Project (MREFPP) is a basin-wide concept. Most of the spending is focused in Minot and other small towns, but there are options for those in the rural reaches as well. KX News has the update on the StARR program designed to acquire, relocate, or build ring dikes around flood threatened

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The Netherlands, always vulnerable to floods, has a new approach to water management

by: Josh Wolsky  |  

Most of Netherlands is no more than a few feet above sea level, and they’ve suffered major floods many times throught the past hundred years. Sound familiar? They’re approach and experience with flood protection is worth noting as we move along here in Minot. The whole article is worth a read, but the pieces that

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Is the end nearing in the FM diversion legal battle?

by: Josh Wolsky  |  

One of the remarkable aspects of Minot’s flood protection efforts is the fact that the basin-wide concept has thus far been successful at appeasing all the parties, both rural and urban. Thus far, the project is litigation free. That’s not the case on the other side of the state with the FM Diversion project. Frank

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River Management Changes Still Years Away – Story | North Dakota

by: Josh Wolsky  |  

If you’re up to speed on Minot’s flood protection efforts, you’ve probably heard the term ‘parallel tracks’. That language describes the project’s sponsors attempt to improve flood protection through multiple efforts. One is the infrastructure project in Minot, another is the river management aspect that requires reworking an international agreement between Canada and the U.S. Jim

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Burgum opens applications for State Water Commission

by: Josh Wolsky  |  

The State Water Commission is a hugely influential body, they’re responsible for directing the Water Commissions legislative appropriation which in recent bienniums numbered in the hundreds of millions of dollars. They’re also the organization informing many aspects of our local flood protection project. And at the conclusion of yesterday’s meeting, Governor Burgum announced that there

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State Water Commission votes on drought, flood measures

by: Josh Wolsky  |  

A State Water Commission appropriation following the 2011 flood that was originally committed to Ward County will be redirected to the City of Minot to help with acquisitions related to the Mouse River Enhanced Flood Protection project.

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Eating the $336 Million Flood Protection Elephant

by: Josh Wolsky  |  

The discussion on how to fund the local share of flood protection — about $336 million — is finally happening. Personally, I’m frustrated by the fact that we’re six years removed from the high water and just now talking about how to pay for the plan. But frustration alone doesn’t typically deliver better outcomes. So,

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Flood Protection Funding Remains in Question

by: Josh Wolsky  |  

The City of Minot’s Sales Tax Reform (Flood Protection Funding) Ad Hoc Committee met yesterday to continue the discussion on funding the local share of our long-term flood protection plan. Following the legislature’s estimated appropriation of $70 million in the current biennium, a $20 million carryover from the last biennium, and written intent to appropriate

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Red’s crest ends threat in city; flood focus along Assiniboine, other areas

by: Josh Wolsky  |  

Though the threat is relatively low in Minot this spring, the water from our basin continues downstream until it joins the Assiniboine which keeps going on to Winnipeg where it joins with the Red River before flowing into Lake Winnipeg. So, though we appear in the clear, the threat remains for our Manitoba neighbors.

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Minot area needs up to $400 million for water projects

by: Josh Wolsky  |  

Between flood protection and NAWS, water-related infrastructure is what we’re going to be paying for Minot for a while. Minot’s Liasion Committee met yesterday, and among the discussion, pieces was how we’re going to meet our financial obligations on these projects. Jill Schramm with the Minot Daily News has the story.

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Trump tells CEOs he’ll only back shovel-ready infrastructure

by: Josh Wolsky  |  

Investing in America’s infrastructure was a common theme throughout President Trump’s campaign, and his rhetoric is now turning towards the issue. The condition he’s placing on the investments he wants to make — that they’re shovel ready. It’s news worth noting here in Minot where we have several hundred million dollars of infrastructure with permitting

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