"Decision sought on 60-year-old Missouri wetlands plan; Levee project for Mississippi River in dispute" by Juliet Eilperin | Washington Post, February 17, 2013
WASHINGTON — A coalition of opponents — scientists, taxpayer advocates, and environmentalists — warn that the St. Johns Bayou and New Madrid Floodway project will sever one of the river’s remaining natural flows.
First of all, if that is the coalition that opposes it must not be a good idea, and secondly, screwing around with the rivers hasn't really worked out to well.
Related: Mess at the Mouth of the Mississippi
They say that not only will it destroy critical fish-spawning and birding habitat, it will also intensify farming in an area the Corps is obligated to flood under certain conditions — for example, as it did in 2011 — to divert water threatening upstream communities such as Cairo, Ill.
Well, that won't be happening with the never-ending drought. Just ignore those record-setting snowstorms I'm not reading much about in my pos paper.
‘‘It’s completely idiotic,’’ said Steve Ellis, of Taxpayers for Common Sense. ‘‘We’re going to increase development in an area we’ve designed to flood.’’
It's what makes up Amerikan government these days.
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