Apalachicola Bay makes the New York Times

Franklin county made the New York Times this week.

There is a story published June 2^nd by Lizette Alvarez called “A Fight Over Water, and to Save a Way of Life.”

The story is about the current stress on the Apalachicola Bay system because of a lack of fresh water coming down the river system and the ongoing battle to protect the river and bay from the growing water needs of upstream users.

The damage is being seen not only by the oyster industry but also in the fishing industry, since the Apalachicola Bay seves as a nursery for a number of commercially viable species.

Currently Georgia is winning the water battle but congress is still in the process of developing its plan.

A number of local people are quoted in the story including Leroy Shiver, Chris Millender and seafood workers association president Shannon Hartsfield.

You can see the story for yourself at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/03/us/thirst-for-fresh-water-threatens-apalachicola-bay-fisheries.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

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