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Aaron Carlson Comments to the USACE re: Fargo Moorhead Dam and Diversion

January 17, 2012January 20, 2013adminLeave a Comment

I am writing to inform you that some information in Appendix G – Real Estate of the Fargo Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Final Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement dated July 2011 (Final Report) is incomplete and therefore inaccurate.

MN Center for Environmental Advocacy Comments to the USACE re: Fargo Moorhead Dam and Diversion

January 16, 2012January 20, 2013adminLeave a Comment

We have followed the process and reviewed draft document prior to publication of the FEIS. We are also aware that MN DNR has a number of remaining and additional legitimate concerns with the FEIS including the benefit cost analysis, effects of the diversion and water staging on sediment transport and geomorphology upstream and downstream of the project area, and fish passage. We believe that these areas of concern warrant further clarification before this FEIS can be considered complete.

Diversion’s “transparency” as Clear as Red River Mud

January 9, 2012July 24, 2012Editorial TeamLeave a Comment

by author: Greg Anderson, Oxbow, N.D. When the Fargo-Moorhead diversion project was first proposed, the city of Oxbow, N.D., asked how the community would be affected. We were told that the project would neither help nor harm us. In subsequent discussions, after it had become clear that the project would not live up to those assurances, […]