In the late 1970s as part of the Meramec Basin Project, a dam was to be erected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the river in the park which would have flooded the park and imperiled many different species, including the endangered Indiana bat.
A dam was to be erected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the river in the park. This was in the late 1970s as part of the Meramec Basin Project. This park would have flooded the park. This park would have imperiled many different species. This was including the endangered Indiana bat.