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Article: Mississippi River Among Nation's Most Endangered; Proposed Army Corps Projects Would Damage 200,000 Wetland Acres
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- April 11, 2001
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WASHINGTON, April 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- American Rivers announced
today that it has ranked the Mississippi River No. 6 on its annual
list of rivers facing the most immediate and severe environmental
threats. American Rivers and its partners called on the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers to abandon two proposed flood control projects
that would damage more than 200,000 acres of rare floodplain
wetlands, and urged the public to speak out against this wasteful
use of their tax dollars to destroy valuable habitat.
"The scientific evidence is clear -- reconnecting the river to is
floodplain and restoring seasonally flooded wetlands are essential
to the health of the Mississippi River and reducing ...