Chattahoochee River

There are very few Alabamians left who remember the 1950’s story of Phenix City, Alabama. After World War II, a good many of the military soldiers, enlisted men, stayed on for a while. A host of them were stationed at Ft. Benning in Columbus, Georgia. As many of you know, Columbus, Georgia and Phenix City, … Continued

The City of Eufaula is still assessing the tornado damage from the tornado touch down on March 3. Eufaula municipal airport manager Eric Langham told the Alabama Political Reporter Monday that 27 aircraft were damaged or destroyed. The hangars were all destroyed, though the airport office is undamaged. Langham said that the airport is insured, … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Atlanta is a very big city and is an even bigger metro area and it uses vast quantities of water. Many communities in Alabama live down river from the Atlanta MSA. Some in Alabama have argued that particularly in times of low rainfall (unlike now) Atlanta takes too much … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R) from Alabama issued written comments following a decision Wednesday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to revise its lock operation plans for the Alabama and Chattahoochee Rivers.  Both Sessions and Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) had strongly objected to plans to close the … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) sent the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers a “strongly-worded letter” begging the Corps to reconsider a decision changing the lock usage policy along two Alabama rivers: the Alabama and the Chattahoochee. Governor Robert Bentley said, “The rivers in Alabama are extremely important for recreational … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has approved a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to cut the amount of water flowing from Woodruff Dam into the Appalachicola River from 5,000 cubic feet of water per second (CFS) to 4,500 CFS.  The USFWS biological opinion released to the … Continued