As Georgia suffers its worse drought in more than 100 years, today the state filed a court order in Florida federal court requiring the Army Corps of Engineers to restrict water flows from Georgia’s federal reservoirs. The motion wants an immediate modification of the water flows leaving Georgia reservoirs to flow downstream. The Corps is releasing the water for endangered mussel and sturgeon species. Governor Sonny Perdue is holding a press conference to discuss Georgia’s historic drought tomorrow at Lake Lanier.
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