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FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2002

Conflicts within the Bush administration have forced an indefinite delay on a new and controversial management plan for the Missouri River.

The Army Corps of Engineers promised a plan but action has been delayed. The key issue is whether waters should be raised in the spring.

Tribes, Democrats, the public and interests upstream in Montana and the Dakotas want a spring rise. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an agency of the Interior, supports a rise to help endangered fish and birds.

Republicans, farmers, the barge industry and downstream interests, particularly in Missouri, don't want the flows changed.

Get the Story:
Bush Delays Action On Missouri River (The Washington Post 6/14)
Corps delays river plan indefinitely for study (The Sioux Falls Argus Leader 6/14)
Missouri River plan delayed indefinitely (The Omaha World-Herald 6/14)
Missouri River Flow Plan Postponed (AP 6/13)

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Threats to Missouri River cited (1/10)
Nominee wants new Missouri River plan (9/27)
Missouri River decision dropped (8/3)
Army Corps nominee avoids changes (8/1)
Bill to compensate tribes for river losses (3/02)
Bill would put $290M in tribe's fund (9/14)