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High court drops river flow appeals

BY JAKE THOMPSON


WORLD-HERALD BUREAU

WASHINGTON - Nebraska's attorney general applauded today's U.S. Supreme Court's rejection of appeals by environmental groups, who sought higher spring flows on the Missouri River that they said would save endangered pallid sturgeons and piping plovers.

Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning said the high court's decision would end legal challenges for now over how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers manages the flow of the Missouri.

"This is a win for all of Nebraska's interests, including the environment," Bruning said. "The end of litigation gives us a long-overdue resolution of conflict in the basin."

The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of an earlier ruling by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.