Guests: Chad Smith
Director, American Rivers
Missouri River Field Office
Lincoln, Nebraska
Mark Wilson
Field Supervisor
Fish and Wildlife Biologist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Columbia, Missouri
Mimi Garstang
State Geologist
Chief of Water Resources, Department of Natural Resources
State of Missouri
Rolla, Missouri
Tom Waters
Farmer
Chairman, Missouri Levee and Drainage District Association
Kansas City, Missouri
Who should control the water level in the Missouri? Environmentalists say the river flow should be bumped up in the spring, to mimic natural flow and to help save three endangered species. Barge operators and farmers say controlled floods pose a risk to people and property. In this hour, in a live broadcast from Kansas City, we'll take a look at the proposal for so-called controlled floods.
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