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Times-Journal | OUTDOORS COLUMN: Relief sought for ban on Alabama River

October 4, 2012

OUTDOORS COLUMN: Relief sought for ban on Alabama River
By David Rainer | Times-Journal | October 4, 2012

After a significant public outcry, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Mobile District has agreed to take a second look at a controversial lock policy that would preclude recreational boaters on rivers like the Alabama.

Because of budget restrictions, the Corps had announced that recreational boats would no longer be allowed to use the lock facilities on 27 waterways in the U.S., including the Alabama and Chattahoochee rivers.

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