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Article: Missouri River Tops Group's List of Endangered Rivers.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- April 12, 2001
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By Josh Flory, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Apr. 12--JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.--A national environmental group yesterday named the Missouri River as the nation's most-endangered river, firing another salvo in a hard-fought battle that often seems to revolve more around political strategy than environmental concerns.
This is the seventh straight year the Missouri has been featured on the annual list from American Rivers, a Washington, D.C.-based environmental organization. Last year, the Big Muddy was second on the list. In a news release, the group said the 2,500-mile waterway faces "the most immediate, serious ...