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Rising seas are advancing on the South Atlantic coast, are flooding cities and menacing the freshwater marsh system at the Savannah refuge.

Federal judge halts Georgia dredging plan over threat to sea turtles Russ Bynum, Associated Press © Photo courtesy Caretta Research Project A loggerhead returns to the water after digging her nest on the beach at Wassaw. A federal judge ordered an immediate halt on Thursday to plans to dredge the Brunswick shipping channel, citing a threat to sea turtles nesting on nearby beaches. Popular Searches The injunction by U.S. District Judge R. Stan Baker delivered an initial setback to the Army Corps of Engineers. The agency is trying to end a policy that for 30 years limited t...

Complaint: Georgia company hid Chinese parts on Ft. Benning construction job article Photo taken by former Booth Plumbing worker shows Chinese-made check valves. The word "China" has been ground off the valve on the left. (Photo by South Central Pipe Trades Association) Expand COLUMBUS, Ga. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Savannah is investigating allegations a Georgia plumbing company improperly used Chinese-made parts on a military construction project and then tried to hide the evidence. The FOX 5 I-Team obtained photos and videos recorded by a former employee who filed an official...

Judge asked to halt dredges for sea turtle nesting season By RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press Published: May 6, 2021, 6:04am Share: Bette Zirkelbach, front left, and Richie Moretti, front right, manager and founder respectively of the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital, release "Sparb," a sub-adult loggerhead sea turtle, April 22 at Sombrero Beach in Marathon, Fla. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau) SAVANNAH, Ga. — A conservation group filed suit asking a judge to stop a federal agency from dredging a Georgia harbor during the nesting season for rare sea turtles that beg...

A conservation group filed suit asking a judge to stop a federal agency from dredging a Georgia harbor during the nesting season for rare sea turtles that began over the weekend. The group One Hundred Miles filed suit Friday in U.S. District Court against the Army Corps of Engineers, which plans to end a policy that for 30 years suspended coastal dredging from the Carolinas to Florida during the warmer months when sea turtles are most abundant in coastal waters and lay their eggs on Southern beaches. Those seasonal windows have been credited with minimizing deaths and injuries to sea turtle...