U.S. Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri says he supports the federal judge’s ruling that the government must pay landowners along the Missouri River for flood damage.
But he tells Brownfield more action is needed.
“Step one in response to this court case, the federal government should compensate the loss that the flood victims had,” he said. “Step two is we need to change the way we manage the southern basin of the river, so we don’t have floods year after year.”
The ruling says the Army Corps of Engineers caused increased flooding damage by altering habitat on the river to be in line with the Endangered Species Act.
