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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tikkalover" data-source="post: 498184" data-attributes="member: 600"><h3>Gov. Armstrong pushes back on proposed Missouri River water limits</h3>North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong and five other western governors sent a <a href="https://www.governor.nd.gov/sites/default/files/documents/WRDA%20Governors%20Correspondence%20FINAL_SIGNED.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery" target="_blank">joint letter to Congress</a>, pushing back against a proposal that would restrict their authority to use Missouri River water as they see fit.Section 120 of the 2026 Water Resources Development Act, which was passed by the House of Representatives on Sept. 16, looks to prohibit states along the Missouri River from diverting water to states not containing the river, unless unanimously approved by the governors of the Missouri River states.These states include Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Wyoming.“Neither the federal government nor any individual state gets to tell North Dakota how to use Missouri River water as it passes through our state,” Gov. Armstrong said. “Our right to use Missouri River water as we deem necessary, is clearly established in both state and federal law, and we will strongly resist any attempt to infringe on that authority.”The governors say the proposal could delay future water projects.</blockquote>