Nebraska’s two Senators have sent letters to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Corps of Engineers questioning the agencies about federal land purchases and easements along the Missouri River between Nebraska and South Dakota.
The two agencies have been working on several conservation projects that would require some land to be set aside for habitat and public access.
Casey Kruse, Missouri River coordinator for Fish & Wildlife, says they are still working on those projects.
Kruse says they are still working out the details and outlines of the land to be set aside.
In their letter, the two Senators ask the federal agencies to stop land purchases until they can detail the wildlife benefits expected from the project.
Kruse says they are working with willing land owners for either an easement or purchase.
The letter asks that the agencies stop any further land purchases by November first.
