North Dakota State Water Commission

Defending Richland and Wilkin counties May 12th, 2016

May 12, 2016adminLeave a Comment

The Oxbow debacle continues, now double the amount promised just three years ago. The total is now up to 126 million and includes spending for concrete golf cart paths.

Richland County Water Resource District letter to Todd Sando, ND State Water Commission

May 10, 2016May 10, 2016adminLeave a Comment

The Richland County Water Resource Board is in favor of flood protection for Fargo Moorhead; however, we are opposed to the Flood Diversion Board of Authority’s plan as it currently exists.

ND State Water Commissioner letter to FM Diversion Authority RE: Dam Permit

April 12, 2016July 8, 2016admin4 Comments

According to OSE staff analysis, approximately 10,380 acres of the area in North Dakota inundated by the FM Dam below 925 feet NAVD 88 are within Richland County. As Richland County is not a member of the Diversion Authority, it is uncertain whether the Diversion Authority has the power of eminent domain in Richland County.

Letter: A Land Development Plan Disguised as Flood Control

April 30, 2014April 29, 2018admin1 Comment

When our cup overflows, North Dakota can accomplish great things. We are people of fortitude, work ethic and discipline. Knowing this, can we stand idle when a few people, called the Diversion Authority, are taking it upon the taxpayers of North Dakota to pay for a private country club and private championship golf course?

Defending Richland and Wilkin counties February 20th, 2014

February 20, 2014June 20, 2014adminLeave a Comment

Many people don’t trust the Diversion Authority or the Corps when they say the people upstream won’t be harmed by their project. Projects of this magnitude always have unintended consequences. Their pattern of behavior says this project is meant to protect Fargo and its future development land and the rhetoric and promises will never be kept.

Mayor Nyoff Letter

March 3, 2013March 3, 2013adminLeave a Comment

The residents of Oxbow, N.D., voted in January in support of a proposed ring levee as part of the Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Project. The recent action taken by the North Dakota Legislature on HB 1020 stops any chance of protection being constructed for our city and puts residents back into a state of limbo. Now our […]