Across Florida, drought appears here to stay
reduced flows have decimated endangered shellfish in the river and allowed Apalachicola Bay to become increasingly toxic with too much saltwater. The area's productive oyster beds have died off, threatening a collapse of a seafood industry worth $200 million annually.
The governors of Florida, Alabama and Georgia pledged this month to negotiate rules to share the river during drought.
Crisis elsewhere in state
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