WEST ALTON • Just upriver from the Melvin Price Lock and Dam, at least 1,000 acres of habitat sprout from the banks of what is essentially an artificial pool.
The occasional heron flies over the vast expanse of river grass, which would have sprouted naturally along the waterway before humans attempted to tame it. The habitat is thriving especially well this year under a practice known as “environmental pool management” that the Army Corps of Engineers has adopted and is trying to enhance....
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