A four-year drought has humbled the Missouri River and plunged its 10 basin states into a sour quarrel with one another and the Army Corps of Engineers, the river’s federal boss.


Dakota dust: denial, delusion, dishonesty

This essay takes as its starting point the blowing dust of March 1988, a virtual dust bowl over the eastern half of the Dakotas. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.4/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Missouri: a river basin at war

A four-year drought has humbled the Missouri River and plunged its 10 basin states into a sour quarrel with one another and the Army Corps of Engineers, the river’s federal boss. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.4/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Preservation or development for Idaho’s Oregon Trail?

As most of the Oregon Trail is lost to development, preservationists and developers are wrangling over a segment of the trail in Idaho that still contains visible wagon ruts. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/23.4/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E