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MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2002

A high-stakes political and environmental battle has delayed a proposed Missouri River management plan.

Tex Hall, President of the National Congress of American Indians, says the delay will impact tribes economically. Low water levels also expose more burial sites.

Upstate forces, including tribes, want more water restored to return the river to its natural flow. Downstream interests prefer more of the status quo, which protects the barge industry.

Get the Story:
At a bend in the Missouri's life (The Christian Science Monitor 6/24)

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