State Wildlife Officials Concerned About Proposed Broken Bow Power Plant

BROKEN BOW, Okla. (AP) -- State wildlife officials are expressing concerns about plans for a power plant on the Lower Mountain Fork River in southeastern Oklahoma.<br/><br/>The city of Broken Bow wants

Tuesday, June 27th 2006, 9:47 am

By: News On 6

BROKEN BOW, Okla. (AP) -- State wildlife officials are expressing concerns about plans for a power plant on the Lower Mountain Fork River in southeastern Oklahoma.

The city of Broken Bow wants to build a hydroelectric power plant on the river and says it can earn up to a million dollars a year by selling electricity the plant would generate.

But the state Department of Wildlife Conservation says it's worried about how the plant would affect the river's flow which would affect trout fishing, canoeing and aquatic life in the river.

The department is insisting on a $100,000 study before construction begins to predict what effect a power plant would have on the river. City officials want to conduct the study while construction is under way.