Garrison Dam


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Garrison Dam,

c.11,300 ft (3,400 m) long and 210 ft (64 m) high, on the Missouri River, near Riverdale, W central N.Dak.; one of the world's largest earth-filled dams used for irrigation power. Built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (completed 1956), it is a key unit in the Missouri River basin project. It impounds Lake Sakakawea.
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Macheledt, who primarily floats the Missouri River below the Garrison Dam, isn't concerned with rocks or snags.
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Army Corps of Engineers began construction of Garrison Dam on the Missouri River near Riverdale.
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This legislation granted the construction of several dams and manmade lakes including the Fort Peck Dam, Garrison Dam, Lake Sakakawea, Oahe Dam, Big Bend Dam, Fort Randall Dam, Gavins Point Dam, and Lewis and Clark Lake.
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Devils Lake and the Missouri River from Garrison Dam to Lake Oahe had exceptional natural walleye reproduction in 2008, according to the North Dakota Game and Fish Department's annual fall reproduction survey.
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Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, originally situated at Elbowoods, North Dakota was significantly reduced in size when, in 1953, the area was flooded by the Garrison Dam to form Lake Sakakawea, and its new location is at New Town.
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Originating from wild brood stock that was captured in the Missouri River, these pallid sturgeon were delivered by plane from Garrison Dam NFH as small fry.
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Farther upstream, wild adult pallid sturgeon are brought to Garrison Dam NFH in North Dakota, spawned, and returned to the wild.
A living fossil fights for survival
Historians and tribal chiefs explain that the Garrison Dam could have been built elsewhere without illegally abrogating government treaties.
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Fate cast him in the role of an unsuccessful David against the federal government's Goliath as he sought to block construction of Garrison Dam in North Dakota.
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Established in 1952, the town was created as a result of the building of the Garrison Dam and the creation of Lake Sakakawea.
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