Fish and Wildlife Service : Plan has limited effect on mussels , sturgeon downstream . Fish and Wildlife Service expedited its study of an interim drought plan submitted two weeks ago by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers , and concluded that freshwater mussels and sturgeon -- kept alive by water from Georgia 's Chattahoochee watershed under federal law -- will not be placed in jeopardy under the plan . Plan gradually cuts amount of water released from dam in U.S. , U.S. . Plan is only temporary , until the Southeast gets some much-needed rain . Chattahoochee official : Alabama , Florida , Alabama governors also want long-term solution .
Fish and Wildlife Service : Plan has limited effect on mussels , sturgeon downstream . Plan gradually cuts amount of water released from dam in U.S. , U.S. . Plan is only temporary , until the Southeast gets some much-needed rain . Chattahoochee official : Alabama , Florida , Alabama governors also want long-term solution .