Effort to save the Alabama sturgeon gets under way - al.com

Effort to save the Alabama sturgeon gets under way - al.com: "In a quiet coda to a once noisy controversy, a plan to help rescue the endangered Alabama sturgeon has gone into effect without further objections from business forces that battled federal efforts to preserve the rare fish.

'We don't really have much option at this point,' said Jerry Sailors, secretary/treasurer of the Alabama-Tombigbee Rivers Coalition, which includes Alabama Power Co. and industries that use the state's inland waterway system.

Whether the final plan will bolster the sturgeon's long-term fortunes is a separate question."