ND gov suggests Missouri River compact
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's governor says Missouri River states might be better than the Army Corps of Engineers at managing flood control.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's governor says Missouri River states might be better than the Army Corps of Engineers at managing flood control.
Gov. Jack Dalrymple says plans to broach the idea of a compact to his peers. He'll travel to Omaha, Neb., on Aug. 19 for a meeting with other governors in the basin.
Flooding has impacted Missouri River states this summer after heavy spring snowmelt and rain. Corps officials have defended the way they've managed the river, saying no one could have anticipated the huge amount of water.
Dalrymple says other river systems are managed by agreements among states and such an arrangement might balance competing interests of upstream and downstream Missouri River states.
His spokesman, Jeff Zent, acknowledges that such a compact likely would require a change in federal law.
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