Arkansas can seek reimbursement for years of government-authorized
flooding that caused millions in forest damage, the Supreme Court ruled
Tuesday.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission had sued the U.S. government in 2005 to get compensation over the deaths of many hardwood oak trees on a 23,000-acre wildlife-management area along the Black River in Arkansas.
Though the Army Corps of Engineers acknowledged that it had released more water than planned from the Clearwater Dam between 1993 and 2000, it claimed that there could be other explanations for the tree deaths.
Read more: http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/12/04/52811.htm
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission had sued the U.S. government in 2005 to get compensation over the deaths of many hardwood oak trees on a 23,000-acre wildlife-management area along the Black River in Arkansas.
Though the Army Corps of Engineers acknowledged that it had released more water than planned from the Clearwater Dam between 1993 and 2000, it claimed that there could be other explanations for the tree deaths.
Read more: http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/12/04/52811.htm
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