“The way the manual is written, that’s always the target. It’s not like we have a target here or there depending on wet or dry years.”
Enviro-whackos rewrote the manual in 2006, and now use it as an excuse not to think.
During times of low water on the Missouri River the environmental wackos control the flow on the Mighty MO.
2009, State of Missouri Attorney General Koster files lawsuit against Corps of Engineers to stop diversion of Missouri River water upstream due to the lack of navigation and drinking water.
http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/Koster_attempts_to_stop_Missouri_River_diversion/
Barge traffic on the Missouri was stopped due to low water. The Corps of Engineer's dams were not releasing enough water to keep the shipping channel open from St Louis to Kansas City and on to St Joesph, MO.
Thank you Sierra Club and other left wing groups for the loss of jobs.