Corps asks for river delay

The Army Corps of Engineers is asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for a delay in proposals to deal with altering the flow of the Missouri River. The corps says experts need to do more study on how the proposed changes would help the Pallid Sturgeon increase its...

Spring rise on MO promoted

Tim Searchinger, an attorney for the citizen’s group Environmental Defense, is telling farmers not to worry about the proposed “spring rise” on the Missouri. He says the U.S. Corps of Engineers won’t open-up dams upstream if there is a danger....

Bond: Make Gore pay

Missouri voters could get the last word on a planned “spring rise” on the Big Muddy. Senator Kit Bond says he’s dropped his fight with the White House, clearing the way for higher Missouri River levels in 2001. Bond needed nine senators to switch...

River changes now possible

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will soon have free reign to change the Missouri River levels. Senator Kit Bond has announced he’s dropping his battle with the White House. That means the corps will be able to institute a “spring rise” on the...

Cheney questions spring rise

Republican nominee for Vice President Dick Cheney can’t understand the President’s support for a “spring rise” on the Missouri River. He says a bi-partisan group of Missouri lawmakers have their opposition clear. Cheney says federal agencies...
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