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Missouri River/file photo By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostA major piece of legislation that determines how the Army Corps of Engineers manages the Missouri River has passed the U.S. House.Northern Missouri Congressman Sam Graves, the top Republican on the House Transportation Committee, says part of the Water Resources Development Act limits the number of special habitat areas the Corps can build along the lower Missouri River for the endangered pallid sturgeon."They wanted to build 10 more on top of what they have already done," Graves tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "And we have said, look, we're done spending money on this until you can actually prove that they work. So, we completely cut them off. We're going to allow two to be built and no more. If they can prove that they work, then we'll revisit that."Critics of what the Corps of Engineers calls Interception-Rearing Complexes say they negatively impact flood control and navigation on the Missouri Riv ....

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