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harbor dredging

  • FILE - In this July 5, 2019, file photo provided by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, a loggerhead sea turtle returns to the ocean after nesting on Ossabaw Island, Ga. A conservation group has again filed suit over a U.S. agency's planned timeframe for dredging a shipping channel on the Georgia coast, arguing that using machines to suck sediments from the harbor floor during summertime poses a dire threat to rare sea turtles. (Georgia Department of Natural Resources via AP, File)
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    Suit: US ship canal dredging in summer threatens sea turtles
    Russ Bynum/Associated Press
    A conservation group is suing in federal court over a U.S. agency's timeline for dredging a Georgia shipping channel, saying dredging in the summertime would threaten rare sea turtles. A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Savannah targets the Army Corps of Engineers. Georgia environmental group One Hundred Miles says the agency plans to conduct harbor dredging off the port city of Brunswick next summer during the nesting season for rare loggerhead sea turtles. The Army Corps has avoided maintenance dredging outside the winter months in Georgia and the Carolinas for three decades to help protect sea turtles. An Army Corps spokeswoman declined to comment on pending litigation.