RiverWatch stories aired on Prairie Public Television during the 2004 Season (Click on link below to watch a particular story. Movies require Quicktime)

Breckenridge Flood Mitigation Update: city’s flood protection project includes levees - and a 3-mile diversion channel


Flood Mitigation Update: Maple Dam Project


Red River Valley residents and developers continue to discuss whether it’s better to allow development of homes - or a greenway - along the Red River


Learn proper methods to protect your home BEFORE a flood


Building up the grade around your foundation can keep water from seeping into the lower level of your home


Landscaper shows the importance of black dirt when building up the grade around your foundation


Drain plugs can help prevent water from backing up into your home during a heavy rain or flood event


The “Red River Hookers”, a new group with a catchy name, is out to promote fishing and recreation on the Red


Doug Leier from the North Dakota Game and Fish Department shares some tips for avoiding the transfer of aquatic nuisance species in our waterways


Arsenic Part 1 - Sources: experts say there are several ways that the arsenic got into the groundwater


Arsenic Part 2 -Regulations: the EPA has toughened the drinking water standards on arsenic


Arsenic Part 3 - Cost: Thirty-two water systems in North Dakota will fail EPA’s new arsenic standards in 2006


Arsenic Part 4 - Financing: the high price tag for upgrading water systems to meet EPA's standards has many water systems managers worried


Purple loosestrife research and eradication efforts are occurring throughout the basin


To control some of the natural changes in a river, communities use a process called rip-rap to stabilize the banks and reduce erosions


Fargo elementary students are learning about non-point source pollution and how they can help reduce it


A new 14-million dollar bridge connecting Fargo-Moorhead is being built


The Fargo-based Valley Water Rescue team helps law enforcement rescue victims who have fallen through the ice on area lakes and rivers