Management of the reservoir system is provided by the Missouri River Basin Water Management Division, Northwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, located in Omaha, Nebraska.

There is currently 50.8 MAF of water stored in the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System, 5.3 MAF below the top of the carryover multiple use zone.

Due to the extremely dry conditions in the upper Missouri River Basin, the System is expected to lose an additional 2.0 MAF before the 2023 runoff season begins in March of 2023.

OMAHA, Neb. (KCAU) — Officials are expecting the runoff into the upper basin of the Missouri River for 2025 to be below ...

“If not for the controlled releases from the dam system on the Missouri River, the flooding would have been much worse downriver,” said South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on social media.

Lonnie Liebel landed a 9-pound, 2-ounce whitefish in the tailrace waters of the Missouri River. It's the biggest ever caught ...

The North Dakota Department of Water Resources is looking for ways to draw more water out of the Missouri River for future ...

The waters of the Missouri River are pooling once again behind the steel and concrete barrier that is Rainbow Dam. In just a few days, the reservoir will be filled, and the shoreline, boat launch ...

Runoff into the river in 2025 is forecast at 20.2 million acre-feet, 79% of average, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in its 2025 forecast released Wednesday. Runoff in ...

Before group limits and social distancing due to coronavirus, the congregation of Ebenezer United Church of Christ in Levasy, Missouri, still gathered each Sunday, about 60 to 70 strong. They just ...

A ship travels down the Mississippi River, past Neptune Pass near Bohemia, La., Saturday, June 3, 2023. Critics of the Corps' efforts to fight saltwater intrusion say the agency should immediately ...

Don’t expect additional releases of water from the six dams along the Missouri River to assist the New Orleans area’s efforts to push back salt water, even if there was ...