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Threats to the Apalachicola River

North Florida's Apalachicola river was this month named to a national group's list of the country's most endangered rivers. The group says a federal project that keeps the river dredged for barge traffic is to blame for environmental threats, and they question whether the small amount of barge traffic on the river warrants the project continuing. Eric Eckl is with the group American Rivers...

For many outside of North Florida, the Apalachicola River is only a line on a map. But with a national group naming it as one of the country's most endangered rivers, the Apalachicola gets new attention. Eric Eckl is with the group American Rivers...

As Florida's Apalachicola River makes its appearance on a national group's list of the country's most endangered rivers, it draws new attention to a federal project that dredges the river for barge traffic. But this is not the river's first appearance on the most endangered list. Eric Eckl is with the group that publishes the annual listing, called American Rivers....

In naming the Apalachicola River as one of the most endangered in the country, a group called American Rivers hopes to draw attention to threats to the river from an Army Corps of Engineers dredging project. The group's Eric Eckl says harm to the river is evident...

A group called American Rivers hopes to call attention to threats facing rivers all across the nation. To help, they publish an annual list of the nation's most endangered rivers, which this year included Florida's Apalachicola River. Eric Eckl is an American River's spokesman...