Man, do I hear you on this. I’ve lived in Williston, ND since 1978. This community lies in the area where the Missouri River ends and Lake Sakakawea begins. With the advent of the Lewis & Clark expedition’s huge following locally, the Sheriff’s department even had to buy a special boat to help remove stranded boaters because of the lack of water to get between the lake and the river.

It’s been terribly low for years and now it’s just insanely low. There’s only 14 operable boat ramps on the whole lake! We used to have 7 within an hour drive of Williston. Now there are none. I haven’t even got my boat out of moth balls this year.

If congress, the states, and the Corps could have worked together and saved even 10% of the water during this drought period, we’d be in fine shape. It’s just very, very sad…

Putter