Missouri farmers stop state's effort to release floodwaters for wetlands

Saturday, May 12, 2007

WOOLDRIDGE, Mo. -- As the swollen Missouri River continued to peak eastward across the state Friday, some residents of a mid-Missouri town worked do undo a state agency's effort to release floodwaters to promote birds and plants in a wetland habitat.

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