In a special three-part series, Bismarck Tribune reporter Lauren Donovan investigated that question and the variety of opinions involved in the debate. Donovan spent a week on the road in North Dakota and Montana preparing her reports, interviewing people and photographing the Little Missouri and its surroundings. Parts of the river that gouges North Dakota deepest will be nominated for special protection this spring. That nomination, depending on where one stands, is either for the Oscar of all rivers, or a confounded nuisance of government control. Read the full story.
Tourism is up and tourism dollars and riding in with the river.
Noel Poe, superintendent at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota wants to bring some of that same magic to the Little Missouri River. Read the full story. Opposition from local leadership to the National Park Service's decision to nominate all 20 miles of the river inside the boundaries of Theodore Roosevelt National Park under the federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act already has surfaced. The nomination will come within weeks. Read the full story.