(OMAHA WORLD-HERALD) The Omaha World-Herald reports "Recreational boaters are back and the fish are biting in the upper reaches of the Missouri River system. Hundreds of miles downstream, fully laden barges are again plying the Big Muddy without worry of hitting bottom.
Low river levels caused by a decade of dry conditions in the Missouri River basin have been reversed by rains and robust snow runoff, and the warring over water among downstream and upstream states has ebbed until the next drought hits.
Now the Army Corps of Engineers, which manages dams and reservoirs along the 2,341-mile river, is dealing with excess water and is in a race to lower reservoir levels before runoff next spring."
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Low river levels caused by a decade of dry conditions in the Missouri River basin have been reversed by rains and robust snow runoff, and the warring over water among downstream and upstream states has ebbed until the next drought hits.
Now the Army Corps of Engineers, which manages dams and reservoirs along the 2,341-mile river, is dealing with excess water and is in a race to lower reservoir levels before runoff next spring."
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