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But the victory was a mixed one, with Firestone ruling that the corps must compensate landowners for a flowage easement and reduced land values.

Instead, the Corps must pay for a “flowage easement,” a term for privately owned land on which the Corps has some perpetual rights.

Another 10,309 acres would have “flowage easements” placed on them, allowing the Corps to flood the property if necessary and greatly restrict use and new construction.

I unloaded my canoe near the Grand Falls flowage on the St. Croix, where a gray-haired dam worker reminded me that the river flows south and east.

The board also voted to start charging planes an aviation fuel flowage fee that could result in $260,000 in revenue.