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Boat Slips now available at Plattsmouth Marina
May 21, 2009

Castaway Pointe development on the river in Plattsmouth, NE has recently installed the first boat slips in their newly developed marina.

Performance Boats sets deal with FOX Sports TV
May 14, 2009

The Offshore Super Series will be televised on the Fox Sports Network this summer.

2009 Missouri River Treasure Run
JUne 9, 2009

**UPDATED** Formally known as the Missouri River Poker Run, this year's Aquapalooza event will not be a poker run but will involve at least 5 fun-filled stops along the river with the day ending at the Anchor Inn (mile marker 619).

2009 'Playing with Fire' schedule announced
April 16, 2009

Blues will return to the river again this summer. The line-up and dates for the annual FREE blues concerts on Lewis & Clark Landing has been announced.

Omaha Quest Center parking is at a premium
March 7, 2009

If you're planning on attending an event at Omaha's Qwest Center, you had better bring plenty of patience along with you.

Buying a boat in 2009? Tips on how to secure a loan
February 21, 2009

Although many banks have dropped out of the market as far as providing financing for new or used boats, money is still available for qualified boat buyers.

River City Star being decommissioned
December 10, 2008

After over forty years of cruising up and down the Missouri River, the River City Star (formally known as the Belle of Brownville) is being decommissioned.

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BREAKING NEWS...

2009 River navigation season

June 4 - Commercial navigation season will most likely not be shortened this year.

River front marina closed

June 2 - Omaha's river front Lewis and Clark Landing marina to close for 2009.

Runoff from snow Better than anticipated

May 14 - Plans are moving forward to put a pulse of water into the river this month to benefit the endangered pallid sturgeon.

OMC's 2009 Rider's Club

May 14 - For wakeboard enthusiasts who wants to ride and learn.

Spring river flows adjusted for increased runoff

Apr 7 - The 2009 navigation season opened at St. Louis, Mo., on April 1.

OMAHA PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE WEB CAM

River navigation season dates announced

Mar 7 - Because of the below normal storage, only minimum service flow support will be provided for navigation

Two "spring pulses" to be released from Gavins Point

Feb 20 - March and May pulses will raise river level for pallid sturgeon.

Corps releases Missouri River draft Annual Operating Plan

Oct 7 - Draft 2008-2009 Annual Operating Plan for the Missouri River has been released.

Clean Boating Act of 2008 passes Senate

Jul 22 - Remarkable display of bipartisan support for recreational boating restores long-standing exemption.

ENTERTAINMENT

•	RIVER CITY STAR

•	MIDWEST BOAT PARTY.com

•	THE FISHHEADS!

•	OmahaFineDining.com

•	LOCAL BAND DIRECTORY

•	OMAHA BLUES SOCIETY

•	DOWNTOWN OMAHA HOTELS

PARK & REC

•	Omaha PARKS &REC

•	NE GAME & PARKS

•	HIKE & BIKE TRAILS

•	Visit NEBRASKA

•	IOWA D N R

•	Visit The BLUFFS

•	Travel IOWA

•	Travel S. DAKOTA Visit Gavins Point Lighthouse!

•	Visit MISSOURI

•	Papio NRD (NE)

•	CARTER LAKE Preservation Society

OMAHA COUNCIL BLUFFS

•	OMAHA CHAMBER

•	VisitOMAHA.com

•	eOMAHA.com

•	OMAHA LANDMARKS

•	DOWNTOWN OMAHA

•	BLUFFS CHAMBER

•	MAPA - Omaha CB Metro Plan Agency

MISSOURI RIVER FOCUS

Proposed 'Council Bend'
Council Bluffs

Study underway for an island-riverfront park opposite Omaha.
Habitat Project at Tobacco Island
Reclamation

The 1,800-acre Gilmour Wildlife river floodplain area is dedicated.
Corp's river dredging operations
On the River

Accomplishing the mission in an emergency situation.
Death of a dinosaur: Pallid sturgeon a short step from extinction
In the River

Pallids have been a resident of just the Missouri River system, including the Yellowstone, and the Mississippi River.

MISSOURI RIVER HISTORY

Missouri River Bridges
Getting to the Other Side

In 1888 a pontoon bridge crossed the Missouri River at Nebraska City.

MISSOURI RIVER HISTORY

Missouri River flooding History lesson

The river has proven capable of thwarting almost every attempt to control it.
Historic discovery along old riverbank north of Omaha may offer clues
First Steamboat

Yellowstone Expedition of 1819 Engineer's winter encampment found?
Boater finds long lost Missouri River steamboat Low water find

A 269-ton sternwheeler fouled and sank on Alabama bend 134 years ago

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