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/ The pallid sturgeon has long lived in the Missouri River, and has been designated as an endangered species by the government since the 1990s. After spending millions of years in the Missouri River,the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servicesays the species declined in the 1960s due to changes made to the river by humans, including dam construction and channelization. Jacobsonsays changing the flow of the river made it easier for barges to travel and expanded nearby agriculture, but suspects that also ...

The federal government faces a second lawsuit over flooding along the Missouri River after it was ordered last month to pay some landowners for damages. R. Dan Boulware, of the Polsinelli law firm, filed the new class-action lawsuit on behalf of 60 plaintiffs who experienced damages during flooding in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013 and 2014. The St. Joseph News-Press reports that Boulware successfully argued in the earlier case that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers knowingly flooded some farmland when ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The federal government faces a second lawsuit over flooding...

The stakes just got higher in the costly battle between hundreds of landowners along the Missouri River and the federal government.

Judge: Government Must Pay Lower Missouri River Landowners for Flood Damage December 23, 2020 The federal government must pay some landowners along the lower Missouri River for flooding damage caused by changes the Army Corps of Engineers made to the river to protect endangered species, a judge has ruled. The ruling this week by Senior Judge Nancy Firestone, with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, could cost the government millions of dollars and increase the ...

December 23, 2020 By David Murray The judge in the Ideker Farms Missouri River “takings” case has ordered the Corps of Engineers to pay a group of landowners along the Missouri River for flood damages due to the Corps’ actions in creating structures to protect endangered species as part of the Missouri River Recovery Program (MRRP). The plaintiffs contended that those structures weakened the Corps’ flood control mission an...

Damage was caused by Corps of Engineers efforts to protect endangered species Missouri River floodwaters surround a farmhouse and buildings on June 15, 2011, near Hamburg in southwest Iowa. A federal judge has ruled the federal government must pay some landowners along the lower Missouri River for flooding damage caused between 2007 and 2015 by changes the Army Corps of Engineers made to the river to protect endangered species. (Associated Press) Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — The federal...

Government ordered to pay landowners on lower Missouri River by The Associated Press Last Updated Dec 17, 2020 at 11:12 am EDT OMAHA, Neb. — The federal government must pay some landowners along the lower Missouri River for flooding damage caused by changes the Army Corps of Engineers made to the river to protect endangered species, a judge has ruled. The ruling this week by Senior Judge Nancy Firestone, with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, could cost the government millions of dollars and ...

Government ordered to pay landowners on lower Missouri River after flooding from 2007 to 2015 Share Updated: 3:29 PM CST Dec 17, 2020 The Associated Press Share Updated: 3:29 PM CST Dec 17, 2020 Hide Transcript Show Transcript YEAR’S DEVASTATING FLOODS. MA >> IN NORTHERN MISSOURI FLOODING HAS LED TO EVACUATIONS IN SOME AREAS. THE HOLT COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE PUT OUT THE ALERT TODAY. MATT: MARCH 15, 2019, THE DAY THE FLOODS CAME. >> FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE ...

By The Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The federal government must pay some landowners along the lower Missouri River for flooding damage caused by changes the Army Corps of Engineers made to the river to protect endangered species, a judge has ruled. The ruling this week by Senior Judge Nancy Firestone, with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, could cost the government millions of dollars and increase the cost of protecting endangered species, The Omaha World-Herald reported. “This is a ...