There clearly needs to be more monitoring.
It will be advisable at some moment for the Corps of Engineers to decide to hold a hearing here in North Dakota.
After what happened last spring in North Dakota with a very substantial amount of flooding many parts of our State, we, ...
So we've spent a lot of time thinking about and working on and working with local government officials with respect to f...
I look forward to substantial results from that study.
Thank you once again for the opportunity to discuss this spring 2009 flood event in the Bismarck area.
Alright, and that was in addition the ice jams?
Just give us a thumbnail of those two. I'm generally familiar with them.
one of the problems that we have is things don't move forward unless there is a local sponsor.
We need some type of computerized monitoring of the river system, not only the Missouri, but the Heart River system.
What mechanisms exist to try to detect the formation of an ice jam?
The issue of dredging is important. I mean, that's not a new issue for any of us.
You see that the dilemma here is that, I think, there's general understanding in this room that debris is a problem.
The other question was why is the Corps of Engineers relying on a gauge several miles upstream from the Fox Island area ...
I don't know if there are people in the room who are old enough to have been here, in Bismarck and Mandan, when there wa...
Let me suggest something to you, ma'am.
Is there a Federal interest? Does it meet the cost benefit and so on?
We have waited for longer than I have patience to, and finally we're going to drive through this and get it done.