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Reductions in the flow of the Apalachicola River have far-reaching effects that could prove detrimental to grouper and other reef fish populations in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, according to a new Florida State University study that may provide new ammunition for states engaged in a nearly two-decade water war.

By Billy House, Tampa Tribune, Fla. Jun. 6--WASHINGTON -- Florida lawmakers want the federal government to hold off on a new drought plan allowing operators of federal dams in Georgia to withhold more water for metropolitan Atlanta at the expense of downstream areas.

By Jeremy Morrison, The News Herald, Panama City, Fla. Apr. 20--APALACHICOLA -- Forty years ago, Grady Leavins left Bay County for the oyster mecca of Apalachicola. He's still there. "I've been tough enough, bad enough, mean enough, whatever," Leavins said.

By Mike Williams, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Nov. 30--APALACHICOLA, Fla. -- The little homes and oyster-shucking houses near the waterfront don't pretend to be elegant.