Local governments and industries that rely on the pool of water backed up by New Savannah Bluff Lock & Dam agreed Monday to finance an updated federal study that could eventually help obtain funding to renovate the 75-year-old structure.

...the gates adjusted several days ahead," he said.Water levels downtown are controlled by the gates at New Savannah Bluff Dam near Augusta Regional Airport and can be adjusted by the Army Corps of Engineers."We handle those kinds of requests...

...best way to modify a local landmark.The challenge is how to let fish moving up the Savannah River get past New Savannah Bluff Dam."We are looking at all the alternatives for fish passage," said Bill Post, a biologist and diadromous fishes coordinator...

...corps to compensate for habitat loss the deepening could cause in coastal estuaries.The 73-year-old New Savannah Bluff dam was earmarked for demolition after a 1999 corps study concluded it was no longer needed to support commercial shipping...

...move back and forth from the lower river to the Augusta pool, which is held at a higher elevation by the New Savannah Bluff Dam.The trip's memorable final day began farther downstream with a fog-shrouded sunrise and a biscuit breakfast around...

...final resolution, according to U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson.The issue is a $7 million modification to New Savannah Bluff Dam near Augusta that would allow endangered shortnose sturgeon to access an additional 20 miles of inland habitat.Although...

...implanted females carry tiny ultrasonic receivers that can be tracked by listening devices along the river. The New Savannah Bluff dam, built in 1937 to aid shipping, is a primary impediment to sturgeon and other migrating fish that need to access the...

...early as 2013, said Alan Garrett, the corps' civil works project management chief.The 72-year-old New Savannah Bluff dam near Augusta Regional Airport blocks upstream migration of the endangered shortnose sturgeon, American shad and other...

...is ridiculous. I don't understand why they would think the sturgeon would decide to go upriver past the Savannah Bluffs Dam area to spawn. It would only open up a few miles of river to them.There is a simple solution that no one seems to...

Judy Gordon ("Bluff dam should be demolished," Aug. 19) writes that she "and other concerned citizens and biologists" are in favor of demolishing...