Hartzler told federal rules hamper flood control efforts
BOONVILLE — Put flood control ahead of wildlife.
That was the message mid-Missouri farmers and levee district officials had for Rep. Vicky Hartzler, R-Harrisonville, Thursday when she visited Maggie’s in Boonville to talk about flooding on the Missouri River.
The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers has faced criticism for how it handled releases from Gavin’s Point Dam in southeastern South Dakota in March. A massive storm brought rain to Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa and Missouri that led to record flooding along the river north of Kansas City.
Critics are focusing on federal policies that require the corps to consider fish and wildlife on an equal level with flood control and navigation as it manages the river.
https://www.columbiatribune.com/news/20190411/hartzler-told-federal-rules-hamper-flood-control-efforts
Perhaps it is the humans that need to adjust to things, but I'm just guessing here.......
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Republicans (and I am assuming it is the folks in this article are why we are a red state!!) say they don't want government to be involved in anything...but here they are expecting them to control nature and water. And then they also want the government to focus on THEIR personal property, never mind about the others around them or the wildlife that lives here, too. AND then, they want all of this expensive stuff to be done...but they don't want to pay any taxes to pay for it.
Maybe it is just too early in the morning, but this sounds like a bunch of selfish, uneducated people who refuse to acknowledge the planet is changing (and let's not even think about telling them why) and that the government is broke because of the way they have been voting the past couple of decades. 
