Army Corps warns of hydropower and recreation impacts as drought persists in Missouri River basin

Army Corps warns of hydropower and recreation impacts as drought persists in Missouri River basin

Ryan Larsen, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, gives a presentation on April 8, 2026, in Sioux City, Iowa, on the status of the Missouri River basin. (Photo by Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight) SIOUX CITY, Iowa — The Missouri River basin is in its fourth year of drought, and federal officials say that could affect hydropower production and recreation in the upper basin states. John Remus is the chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers…