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- Oahe Irrigation Project Stressed: Necessary Tool, S.D. Leaders Say
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Oahe Irrigation Project
- Farmers, farm organization leaders and rural community leaders met before a Senate Interior Subcommittee in Redfield to insist that the Oahe Irrigation Project is an indispensable tool in building South Dakota's future.
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- Governor First To Testify On Oahe Irrigation Project At Huron Hearings
- Boe, Nils A. (Nils Andreas), 1913-1992; Irrigation -- South Dakota; Oahe Irrigation Project; Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs; United States. Congress. House. Committee...
- Governor Nils Boe testifies in front of the Irrigation and Reclamation Subcommittee of the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee in favor of the Oahe Irrigation Project.
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- Land Acquisition Funds For Oahe Project Expended
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Oahe Irrigation Project; Funkhouser, Preston; United States. Office of Management and Budget
- All land acquisition funds for the Oahe Irrigation project have been expended. Future land purchases will take place over the next three years as funds become available.
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- Oahe Construction Stage Nears
- Oahe Irrigation Project; Irrigation -- South Dakota; Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Oahe Conservancy Subdistrict; United States. Bureau of Reclamation; Missouri River
- Oahe Irrigation Project will begin construction when Congress authorizes the funds.
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- Oahe Irrigation Project Features To Be Reviewed
- Boe, Nils A. (Nils Andreas), 1913-1992; Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Oahe Conservancy Sub-District (S.D.); South Dakota. Dept. of Game, Fish, and Parks; Holum, Kenneth; Hodgins, R.A.; Bushong, Clayton; Holscher, Fred
- Federal officials prepared to review a portion of fish, wildlife and enhancement features of the proposed Oahe Irrigation Project.
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- Governor First To Testify On Oahe Irrigation Project At Huron Hearings
- Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Boe, Nils A. (Nils Andreas), 1913-1992; United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation
- Governor Nils Boe testifies in front of the Irrigation and Reclamation Subcommittee of the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee in favor of the Oahe Irrigation Project.
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- Oahe Irrigation Project Prospects To Be Discussed At Meetings Here
- Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Irrigation -- South Dakota; Missouri River Basin Project; Holum, Kenneth; ; McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922- ; South Dakota Reclamation and Water Development Association; South Dakota Irrigators...
- A two day meeting held to discuss the Oahe Irrigation project. Senator George McGovern and Kenneth Holum, Assistant Secretary of Interior for Power and Water, to speak.
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- Demo. Delegation for Oahe Project asks for 1973 Funding
- McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994; Abourezk, James G., 1931-; Oahe Irrigation Project; Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Irrigation -- South Dakota; United States. Office of Management...
- South Dakota’s democratic congressional delegation asked President Nixon to include construction funds for the Oahe Irrigation project in the administration’s budget for 1973.
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- Prospects Bright for Oahe Approval: Holum
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Oahe Conservancy Sub-District (S.D.); Oahe Irrigation Project; Holum, Kenneth; Miller, Lloyd A.; Hundsted, Nelson; Lewis, James; Holscher, Fred
- An article by Kenneth Holum appraising the Oahe Irrigation Project. (article was continued on page 14, which was not saved)
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- Oahe Irrigation Plan Wins House Approval
- Oahe Irrigation Project; U. S. House of Representatives; Missouri River.
- U.S. House of Representatives passed a concurrent resolution authorizing the first stage of the Oahe Irrigation Project.
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- Oahe Irrigation Project Funding Bill Signed
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973; Holum, Kenneth
- President Johnson signed into law a bill authorizing funding for the Oahe Irrigation Project.
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- Ask 190,000-Acre Irrigation Project In Oahe First Stage
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; Oahe Conservancy Sub-District (S.D.); United States. Bureau of Reclamation; Mundt, Karl E. (Karl Earl), 1900-1974; McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-; South Dakota....
- The directors of the Oahe Conservancy Subdistrict requested the development of 190,000 acres in the first stage of the Oahe Irrigation Project.
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- House Committee Okays First Stage Of Oahe Project
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; Berry, Ellis Yarnal, 1902-1999; Udall, Morris K.; Saylor, John P.; Reifel, Ben, 1906-1990
- A bill authorizing construction of the first stage of the Oahe Irrigation Project was approved after an amendment was adopted concerning the state’s ban on nonresident waterfowl hunters.
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- Oahe Irrigation Holds Spotlight
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Oahe Irrigation Project; Mundt, Karl E. (Karl Earl), 1900-1974
- Oahe irrigation will continue to be the center of attention for a long time to come.
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- Multi-Million Dollar Oahe Project 1 Step Closer: Senate Committee OKs Project
- Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Irrigation -- South Dakota; McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-; United States. Bureau of Reclamation; United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
- Sen. George McGovern announced that the Senate Interior Committee unanimously approved the Oahe Irrigation Project for South Dakota. The bill now goes to the Senate floor for passage.
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- Oahe unit would create ‘island of excellence,’ SDSU president says
- Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; Irrigation--South Dakota; South Dakota State University. Water Resources Institute; South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station; South Dakota State University. Cooperative Extension Service; Briggs,...
- Dr. H.M. Briggs testified before members of the U.S. Senate on behalf of the Oahe Irrigation Project. Dr. Briggs stated that the irrigation unit would generate additional employment and stabilize the economy.
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- Congress Action On Oahe Irrigation Funding Told
- Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Denholm, Frank E. (Frank Edward), 1923- ;
- Rep. Frank Denholm states that Congress has given its approval to a $150,000 appropriation for the Oahe Irrigation Project.
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- Delegation on Oahe is Announced
- Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Irrigation -- South Dakota; Boe, Nils A. (Nils Andreas), 1913-1992; Briggs, Hilton Marshall, 1913-2001 ;Holscher, Fred; Johnson, Walter; Sperry, James; Sewell, S. E.; Sharp, Gary; Maher, L. J.; Engelhorn, Homer;...
- A delegation of 15 South Dakotans are headed to Washington to testify in support of authorization of the Oahe Irrigation project.
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- Reifel Sees ’68 as Year of Oahe Unit Approval
- Reifel, Ben, 1906-1990; Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Irrigation -- South Dakota; Berry, Ellis Yarnal, 1902-1999; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
- An article by Sen. Ben Reifel covering the legislation pending before Congress, including the Oahe Irrigation Project.
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- Hunting Ban Repeal Enhances Oahe Funds Prospects
- Lewis, James; Oahe Conservancy Sub-District (S.D.); Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Waterfowl -- Hunting -- South Dakota; South Dakota. Legislature
- South Dakota Legislature enacted a bill to lift the out-of-state waterfowl hunting ban which was a stumbling block in gaining federal funding for the Oahe Irrigation Project.
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