Appeals court judges pepper environmental group lawyer in water-challenge case

A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals heard arguments involving the 2017 approval of a water control manual that governs reservoir levels and water releases. Appeals court judges in Atlanta last week repeatedly questioned a lawyer representing environmental groups challenging federal decisions that determine how much water flows into Florida’s Apalachicola River. Christina I. Reichert, representing environmental groups, told the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel that dams upstream along the Chattahoochee River act like a tourniquet squeezing off the flow of water to the Apalachicola River. The National Wildlife Federation and Apalachicola Riverkeeper are challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 2017 approval of an updated water control manual that governs reservoir levels, water use and releases downstream to the Apalachicola River.

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