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NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- OutwildTV.com, a streaming television network focused on adventure travel and the environment, launches today with a two-year expedition across North and South America. This inaugural adventure centers around Filipe Leite, a 25-year old journalist from Toronto, Canada. Originally from Brazil, Filipe departed from the Calgary Stampede on July 8th to begin a two-year trek across North and South America on horseback. He will ride...

Flooding along the Missouri River continues as shown in recent Landsat satellite images of the Nebraska and Iowa border. Heavy rains and snowmelt have caused the river to remain above flood stage for an extended period.A Landsat 5 image of the area from May 5, 2011 shows normal flow. In contrast, a Landsat 7 image from July 17 depicts flood conditions in the same location.A national overview map of streamflow provided by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) WaterWatch graphically portrays the...

Landsat 5 captured an image of flooding occurring along the Iowa/Nebraska border on June 30, 2011. Flooding is still occurring on July 6, and Flood Warnings are still in effect from the National Weather Service.The Landsat 5 image captured was an enlargement of the area just north of Omaha. The flood waters show up as very dark blue and, where the water is shallow, medium blue. In the image, the Interstate is cut off by flood waters, just south of Missouri Valley, Iowa, and about 20 miles...

Threats of more flooding will continue throughout the summer as many rivers in the upper Midwest and northern Plains remain above flood state, warned forecasters at NOAA's National Weather Service on Wednesday."With rivers running high and soils completely saturated, just a small amount of rain could trigger more flooding, including areas that have already seen major to record flooding," the forecasters said.NOAA's Climate Prediction Center is forecasting above-normal rain in most of these...

GREAT FALLS, Mont., June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The expansion of PPL Montana's Rainbow hydroelectric plant is more than 60 percent complete and on schedule despite the record rainfall this spring and continuing high flows on the Missouri River. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110614/NE19852 ) "Crews working at the construction site recently embedded all of the major turbine components in concrete, a key milestone in the $230 million expansion project at Rainbow," said Pete...

SERGEANT BLUFF, Iowa, June 6, 2011/PRNewswire/ -- Long Lines is a communication company, but with its home turf threatened by devastating flood waters, Long Lines employees look more like focused military operatives than telephone repairmen and technicians. Long before the impending floods of 2011, Long Lines developed an emergency action plan and joined with Western Iowa Tech Community College to build an ultra-secure data storage facility located on a hillside at the Sioux City, Iowa...

Understanding Missouri River's Sediment dynamics key to protecting endangered species, setting water quality standards, says new reportA new report from the National Research Council says that more organized and systematic procedures for gathering and evaluating data on Missouri River sediment are required to improve decisions and better manage the river's ecosystem, including protecting endangered species and developing water quality standards. In addition, the report finds that the U.S....

Something happened on the way to another long, dry season for the Missouri River System: Mother Nature smiled in her own quirky way, flooding the southern basin, spewing localized rainstorms and teasing us with mountain snowfall. As a result, moisture flowed into the river system. Anglers discovered something they hadn't experienced since almost the beginning of the new millennium. Lake Oahe reappeared in North Dakota. For the first time since at least 2003, the Missouri River wasn't a...

Folk musicians Dave Para and Cathy Barton, shown above left, will present a tribute at 7 p.m. tonight for Robert "Bob" Dyer, above right, a respected historian from Boonville who died in 2007, leaving behind a rich legacy of poems and songs. Para and Barton, longtime friends of Dyer who worked with him on a number of recordings, concerts and other events, will perform some of his best- known songs about the Missouri River and the region. The duo has studied and presented traditional and...

The state Game and Fish Department says curly leaf pondweed has been found in the McClusky Canal, near Lake Audubon. The invasive weed can cover the surface of water in the spring, interfering with boating, fishing and swimming. Officials say the curly leaf pondweed was found in the canal near McClusky in late July. Lynn Schlueter, the state's aquatic nuisance species coordinator, says the weed is not easy to control. The weed first came to America from Europe in the 1800s, and was first...