The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will change its approach to managing the Missouri River following a summer of record flooding that damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes, led to millions of dollars in road repairs and forced communities to scramble to build temporary levees.
The corps said Monday it will make the changes in the coming months, including getting as much water out of the river basin's reservoir system as possible before spring and aggressively releasing more water in the spring, if needed. The corps also is looking at how much more reservoir space might be needed to ease flooding. The changes come in response to concerns voiced by residents - many of whom lost crops or were forced out of their homes for weeks by the flooding - during eight public meetings recently held in Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Montana and North Dakota.
The corps said Monday it will make the changes in the coming months, including getting as much water out of the river basin's reservoir system as possible before spring and aggressively releasing more water in the spring, if needed. The corps also is looking at how much more reservoir space might be needed to ease flooding. The changes come in response to concerns voiced by residents - many of whom lost crops or were forced out of their homes for weeks by the flooding - during eight public meetings recently held in Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Montana and North Dakota.
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