Re: Drought forecast?

Posted by bb-sd on February 08, 2005 at 11:48:03 from (66.115.246.222):

In Reply to: Re: Drought forecast? posted by caseyc on February 08, 2005 at 09:11:09:

I hear ya on the downstream release law - or the politicians doing something to address this issue. The Corps of Engineers has been mismanaging the water for years, it's just been wet enough until recently so we didn't see the effects.

Gov. Rounds and the other upstream gov's met yesterday. Of course, MO's gov couldn't be bothered to show up, but what do they care- they still get plenty of water for "navigation" while we get screwed.

Walleye fishing has been crap for 3 years now thanks to 2 straight years of too much water release during the spawn, more and more boat ramps become unusable every year, and the dollars from the recreation industry are gonna dry up too. And what happens if it stays dry and we start to run out of water for the hydro plants and all the rural water systems that depend on the river? The reservoirs should be filled as a first priority. Anything else should be secondary to keeping water reserves behind the dams.

I'm getting so sick of seeing the river lowered again and again to float some damn barges in Missouri- like their "industry" that can be replaced by trucking and trains is soo much more important than upstream intrests.

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