The Corps announced early this morning that it has begun holding back releases from tributary dams in lower Missouri.

It says doing that will effectively negate releases already in motion from a dam in South Dakota. The Corps says the move will still provide a pulse of higher water to prompt spawning of the endangered pallid sturgeon. But it eliminates the flow in flood-weary Missouri.

Missouri farmers will no doubt be pleased with the Corps' decision. One farmer KOMU talked to Wednesday was concerned about the impact of the rise.

"Well it seems a little unfortunate," said Terry Hilgedick, farmer. "If you ask the people down stream from us who have had severe flooding problems already this spring, we had a high river just a week ago. It felt like a rise to us. I don't think we need another one just a week afterward."

The Corps of Engineers was supposed to continue releasing water through midnight Thursday. The water was expected to make its way down stream within the next ten days.

Tune in to KOMU News at 5 & 6 for the latest on this developing story.