Lake Sakakawea | Friends of Lake Sakakawea

Hoeven meets with Corps to address maintenance needs at Lake Sakakawea recreation sites

by jason_admin | Apr 8, 2022 | Access, Corps of Engineers, Friends of Lake Sakakawea, Garrison Dam, Lake Sakakawea, Recreation

Senator John Hoeven met last month with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to address maintenance and upkeep needs at recreation sites around Lake Sakakawea. “Federal funding has been inadequate to meet basic maintenance needs,” said Terry Fleck, chairman of...

Fishing ‘Matters of Interest’ from North Dakota Game & Fish Department

by jason_admin | Mar 25, 2022 | Fishing, Lake Sakakawea, N.D. Game & Fish Department

(Source: North Dakota Game & Fish Department) — The North Dakota Game & Fish Department will be releasing its 2022-2024 Fishing Guide on April 1. In advance of its release, Greg Power, NDGF Fisheries Division Chief, provided FOLS and other angler groups with...

Corps hosting March 24 virtual public meeting for study to evaluate Snake Creek Embankment

by jason_admin | Mar 23, 2022 | Corps of Engineers, Lake Sakakawea, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Omaha District

(Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District welcomes the public to participate in a virtual scoping meeting Thursday, March 24 to learn about the recently initiated Snake Creek Embankment Dam Safety Modification...

Longtime FOLS director Bob Valeu retires from FOLS board, honored with ‘The Tolly’

by jason_admin | Jul 8, 2021 | FOLS Board of Directors, Friends of Lake Sakakawea, Lake Sakakawea

Bob Valeu really was present at the creation of the Friends of Lake Sakakawea. As state director for U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan from 1993 through 2008, Valeu was deeply engaged on water policy and economic development issues. “I was working on behalf of Senator...

Rob Holm, longtime Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery, retires; Friends of Lake Sakakawea honor Holm’s service with ‘The Tolly’

by jason_admin | Jul 8, 2021 | Friends of Lake Sakakawea, Garrison Dam, Lake Sakakawea, Recreation

(Source: Associated Press & Minot Daily News) — After overseeing the production of more than 245 million walleye and bringing back pallid sturgeon from the brink of extinction in the Missouri River system, Rob Holm, Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery manager, has...

Study finds flaw in Garrison Dam spillway, Corps evaluating repair options, assures flaw poses low risk to downstream cities

by jason_admin | Jul 8, 2021 | Corps of Engineers, Garrison Dam, Lake Sakakawea

(Source: Jamestown Sun) – The emergency spillway at Garrison Dam in central North Dakota was subjected to an unprecedented test when flows more than twice the previous record reached the dam during the Missouri River flood of 2011. An inspection after the flood...