The Purposeful Flooding of America's Heartland

[Saltbag]

American Thinker:

The Missouri River basin encompasses a vast region in the central and west-central portion of our country. This river, our nation's longest, collects the melt from Rocky Mountain snowpack and the runoff from our continents' upper plains before joining the Mississippi river above St. Louis some 2,300 miles later. It is a mighty river, and dangerous.

But after about thirty years of operation, as the environmentalist movement gained strength throughout the seventies and eighties, the Corps received a great deal of pressure to include some specific environmental concerns into their MWCM (Master Water Control Manual, the "bible" for the operation of the dam system). Preservation of habitat for at-risk bird and fish populations soon became a hot issue among the burgeoning environmental lobby. The pressure to satisfy the demands of these groups grew exponentially as politicians eagerly traded their common sense for "green" political support.

Greg Pavelka, a wildlife biologist with the Corps of Engineers in Yankton, SD, told the Seattle Times that this event will leave the river in a "much more natural state than it has seen in decades," describing the epic flooding as a "prolonged headache for small towns and farmers along its path, but a boon for endangered species." He went on to say, "The former function of the river is being restored in this one-year event. In the short term, it could be detrimental, but in the long term it could be very beneficial."

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In simple math:
FISH > PEOPLE

[Rheo]

Excellent article, Saltbag.

[nickydog]

Not part of the Missouri River Basin, but poor Minot has to completely evcuate.

[KWARX]

Saltbag,

 

The Destroyers, NWO etc. folks want to turn the USA into a vast natural park for their playground with a few smaller cities and lodges etc. staffed by their serfs and slaves for their enjoyment . . . over the bodies of the rest of the populace.

 

Useless eaters are a temporary pesky hindrance to their grandiose plans.