Restoring The Missouri River?
25 December 2000 - 12:00pm
Is the damning of the Missouri River an example of how the Army Corps of Engineers has overstepped its bounds?
"More than five decades ago, the Army Corps of Engineers started damming and straightening the Missouri River. Before that, the 2,315-mile-long stream had flowed free, much as Lewis and Clark found it in 1804. A few critics thought the benefits of the vast project were overstated. A few Indian tribes complained, to no avail, about reservation land disappearing under reservoirs. Very few people worried about environmental impact."
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The Christian Science Monitor, December 26, 2000
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