Using an "historic new weapon," river advocates today (Nov 9, 2006) filed a federal lawsuit seeking an end to discharges from Lake Okeechobee that in most years send hundreds of billions of gallons of muddy, polluted fresh water into the St. Lucie estuary.
The Rivers Coalition Defense Fund, based in Stuart, Florida, filed the lawsuit in the Court of Federal Claims, in Washington, D.C., against the U. S. Government. The action targets the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which operates the control structures at Lake Okeechobee.
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