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<br />Rural <br /> <br />Rural flooding is fairly common along many tributary streams although <br />problem areas may be isolated. The Battle Creek and Bear Butte Creek <br />watersheds in South Dakota are particular problems. In North Dakota, the Heart <br />River near Belfield, and the Apple Creek, Painted Woods Creek, Shell Creek, and <br />the Little Missouri are all problem areas. <br />Aggradation at the headwaters of Lake Oahe is raising the ground-water <br />table and may cause serious problems in the southern Bismarck area. <br /> <br />FISH AND WILDLIFE <br /> <br />Fisheries Habitat <br />Heavy sediment loading in the White River is adversely affecting fish and <br />wildlife habitat. <br />The inadequacy of regular streamflows is a fishery problem in the Western <br />Dakotas. <br />Fisheries habitat problems are common to all of the main stem reservoirs. <br />These problems are due to pool fluctuations and the resultant lack of near <br />shore vegetation. <br /> <br />IRRIGATION <br /> <br />Water Shortage (Ground, Surface) <br /> <br /> <br />Irrigation water shortages occur in Perkins and Corson Counties, South <br /> <br /> <br />Dakota, and along the Grand River late in the growing season. <br /> <br /> <br />Additional water storage for irrigation is needed on the Moreau River in <br /> <br /> <br />Perkins, Ziebach, and Dewey Counties on the Bad River near Philip, and along <br /> <br /> <br />the White and Little White Rivers in South Dakota. <br /> <br /> <br />Belle Fourche irrigation project is in need of rehabilitation and <br /> <br /> <br />potentially irrigable lands are located along the Belle Fourche River below the <br /> <br /> <br />project that need to be served by diversions from the river. <br /> <br />H-l2 <br />