Garrison Diversion Unit Commission Records, August-December 1984
Collection Overview
Title: Garrison Diversion Unit Commission Records, August-December 1984
ID: OGLMC1041
Primary Creator: Garrison Diversion Unit Commission (1984)
Extent: 1.5 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 00/00/1985
Subjects: Water, Water - Garrison Diversion
Languages: English
Abstract
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Collection Historical Note
The United States Congress authorized the Flood Control Act, later to be known as the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, on December 22, 1944. The main purpose of Pick-Sloan was to divert water from the Missouri River for flood control, navigation, irrigation, and hydro-electic power. In 1965, the United States Congress authorized construction of the Initial Stage of the Garrison Diversion Unit. This would have irrigated 250,000 acres and provided municipal and industrial water delivery, recreation, fish and wildlife mitigation and enhancement, and flood control in the state of North Dakota. Opposition to the Initial Stage, however, delayed program development.
On August 11, 1984, the Garrison Diversion Unit Commission was appointed by the Secretary of the Interior. The Commission's goals were to review the controversy surrounding the authorized Initial Stage of the Garrison Diversion Unit, to evaluate the contemporary water needs of the state of North Dakota, and to make recommendations.
Public meetings were held in several North Dakota communities from September through December, 1984. The "Commission Plan" was articulated in a final report, dated December 20, 1984. Among the plan's recommendations:
1. "Over 130,000 acres of land be irrigated, none of which would drain into Hudson Bay"
2. $200 million in federal grant monies be set aside to assist municipal, rural, and industrial water service for as many as 130 communities and three Indian reservations
3. A water treatment plant be constructed to treat water which would drain into Hudson Bay by way of the Sheyenne River and the Red River. This would allow for municipal, rural, and industrial water service for communities such as Fargo and Grand Forks
The total cost of the Commission Plan was estimated at $1.12 billion in capital costs, including expenditures to date, along with $15.8 million in annual operation, maintenance, and replacement costs.
The state of North Dakota, as well as the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District, supported reauthorization of the project along the lines indicated by the Commission. The Garrison Diversion Unit Reformulation Act of 1986 was signed into law on May 12, 1986.
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Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Method: Donation; Acc.#85-1417
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Garrison Diversion Unit Commission Records. OGLMC 1041, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota.
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid migrated to Archon in December 2013.
Box and Folder Listing
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[Series 1: Reports],
[Series 2: Business Meeting Minutes],
[Series 3: Transcripts of Public Hearings],
[Series 4: Transcripts of Proceedings],
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- Series 4: Transcripts of Proceedings
- This series contains transcripts of proceedings held in Bismarck on September 10-11, Oakes on November 16, and Fargo on November 16-17, 1984. The series also contains written statements from persons appearing before the Commission.
- Box 1
- Folder 15: Transcripts of Proceedings, Bismarck, North Dakota: Pages 1-130, September 10, 1984
- Folder 16: Transcripts of Proceedings, Bismarck, North Dakota: Pages 131-229, September 10, 1984
- Folder 17: Report on the Fish Screen Test Facility, Turtle Lake, North Dakota, May 1983
- Folder 18: Notes on Commission Tour of Garrison Diversion:, September 10, 1984
- Folder 19: Statement of North Dakota Governor Allen Olsen
- Folder 20: Statement for the State of South Dakota, Warren Neufeld, Secretary, Department of Water and Natural Resources
- Folder 21: Statement of Douglas Eiken, Director, North Dakota Parks and Recreation
- Folder 22: Statement of State Senator Rolland Redlin, Minot, North Dakota
- Folder 23: Statement of Ken Fuhrman, City Commission of New Rockford, North Dakota
- Folder 24: Statement of Kenneth Ruby, Director of Utilities, City of Fargo, North Dakota
- Folder 25: Statement of Nathaniel Reed, Chairman, National Audubon Society
- Folder 26: Statement of Wayde Schafer, Vice-Chair, North Prairie Group Sierra Club
- Folder 27: Statement of Lorne W. Sterner, North Dakota Wildlife Federation, Inc.
- Folder 28: Statement of Robert Nelson, North Dakota Wildlife Federation
- Folder 29: Statement of Bruce Hagen, President, North Dakota Public Service Commission
- Folder 30: Statement of Hilda Hochhalter, Regan, North Dakota
- Folder 31: Statement of Robert W. Lewis, President, Grand Forks Audubon Society
- Folder 32: Statement of David Warren, Pierre, South Dakota
- Folder 33: Statement of Sheila Robinson, Coleharbor, North Dakota
- Folder 34: Statement of Lynn A. Greenwalt, National Wildlife Federation
- Folder 35: Article by David C. Campbell, "The Pick-Sloan Program: A Case of Bureaucratic Economic Power," Journal of Economic Issues, v18: 449-456, June 1984
- Folder 36: Statement of Wayne E. Burbank
- Folder 37: Statement of Murray Sagsveen, Special Assistant Attorney General, State of North Dakota
- Folder 38: Statement of Raymond Cross, Attorney, Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation
- Folder 39: Statement of Joe Goeen
- Folder 40: Statement of Ed Hagen, President, Bismarck, North Dakota, Chamber of Commerce
- Folder 41: Statement of Herb Nathan, McLean County Representative on the Garrison Conservancy Board
- Folder 42: Statement of Raymond Ross, Commercial Fisherman's Federation of Manitoba
- Folder 43: Statement of Peter E. Westgard, Plaza, North Dakota
- Folder 44: Statement of Jan Alferts, Bismarck, North Dakota
- Folder 45: Statement of R.D. Bain, President, The Lake Audubon Association
- Folder 46: Statement of Duane Bender, Fargo, North Dakota
- Folder 47: Statement of Steven Lian, Sierra Club-North Prairie Group, Minot, North Dakota
- Folder 48: Statement of Wade Williams, State Representative, Eldridge, North Dakota
- Folder 49: Statement of Douglas Roberts, McClusky, North Dakota
- Folder 50: Statement of Roger Ebel, Fessenden, North Dakota
- Folder 51: Statement of Leonard Johnson, Turtle Lake, North Dakota
- Folder 52: Statement of Frank L. Larson, Valley City, North Dakota
- Folder 53: Statement of Chester Schmid, New Rockford, North Dakota
- Folder 54: Statement of Anne C. Lian, Minot, North Dakota
- Folder 55: Statement of Benjamin Axtman, President, Baker Electric Cooperative, Inc., Cando, North Dakota
- Folder 56: Statement of Sandra Wolfe, Secretary, Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
- Folder 57: Statement of Ray Sigurdson, Vice-President, Union of Manitoba Municipalities
- Folder 58: Statement of Jeffrey Stant, National Taxpayers Union
- Folder 59: Statement of Warren Chappelle, Member, Missouri Breaks Chapter of the National Audubon Society
- Folder 60: Statement of Roger Johnson, Executive Director, Committee to Save North Dakota, Turtle Lake, North Dakota
- Folder 61: Statement of Henry Cline, Oakes, North Dakota
- Folder 62: Statement of H. Lewis Batts, Jr., Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Folder 63: Statement of United States Senators Quentin Burdick and Mark Andrews
- Folder 64: Statement of Charles Unmack, Sentinel Butte, North Dakota
- Folder 65: Statement of Ed Stegner, Executive Director, Conservation Federation of Missouri
- Folder 66: Statement of Stephen Sawyer, President, Minnesota Waterfowl Association
- Folder 67: Statement of J.D. Haugen, President, Williston City Commission
- Folder 15: Transcripts of Proceedings, Bismarck, North Dakota: Pages 1-130, September 10, 1984
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Transcript of Proceedings, Bismarck, North Dakota: Pages 1-120, September 11, 1984
- Folder 2: Transcript of Proceedings, Bismarck, North Dakota: Pages 121-286, September 11, 1984
- Folder 3: Transcript of Proceedings, Oakes, North Dakota: Pages 1-47, November 16, 1984
- Folder 4: Transcript of Proceedings, Fargo, North Dakota: Pages 1-130, November 16, 1984
- Folder 5: Transcript of Proceedings, Fargo, North Dakota: Pages 131-251, November 16, 1984
- Folder 6: Transcript of Proceedings, Fargo, North Dakota: 8:00am session, Pages 1-100, November 17, 1984
- Folder 7: Transcript of Proceedings, Fargo, North Dakota: 8:00am session, Pages 101-218, November 17, 1984
- Folder 8: Transcript of Proceedings, Fargo, North Dakota: 1:00pm session, Pages 1-53, November 17, 1984
- Folder 1: Transcript of Proceedings, Bismarck, North Dakota: Pages 1-120, September 11, 1984
- Box 1
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[Series 3: Transcripts of Public Hearings],
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