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JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - Missouri officials want the Army Corps of Engineers to ditch its plan to raise water levels on the Missouri River next year. Governor Matt Blunt and Attorney General Jay Nixon each have written letters to the corps asking it to forgo a spring rise in 2008. They note that about 40 levees remain damaged from flooding last spring. Since 2005, the corps has planned to raise river levels each spring by releasing more water from upstream reservoirs. The intent is to encourage spawning by the pallid sturgeon, an endangered fish. The spring rise was canceled this year because water levels in the reservoirs were too low to release the additional water.

: Beth Hoag

Published: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at 10:51 AM
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at 10:55 AM
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