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Bruce Ritchie is a POLITICO Florida reporter covering environment, growth management and energy in the state Capitol.
He has covered environmental issues in Florida since 1993 previously for the Gainesville Sun, the Tallahassee Democrat and the Florida Current. He has written extensively about the fight over water among Alabama, Florida and Georgia and about pollution threats to Florida’s groundwater and springs.

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Florida Senator Moody wants feds to formalize role of counties on dredging

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By Bruce Ritchie Verified
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida — U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody is getting involved in the fight over a proposal to resume dredging to maintain a shipping channel on the Apalachicola River. Moody, a Florida Republican appointed who is up for election in November, sent a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers earlier this month asking it to deal directly with the Apalachicola River Counties Alliance (ARCA) if dredging is resumed.
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ACF Rivernotes, Aug. 6, 2026

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By Bruce Ritchie Verified
| Substack
ATLANTA — U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May said Thursday she’s agreeable to Flint Riverkeeper delaying its federal lawsuit against the city of Griffin, Georgia, over sewage spills into the Flint River. During a court hearing by telephone, May asked the city and the environmental group to submit a motion and proposed order delaying the case for three or four months while the two sides work on an agreement for sewage system improvements.
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Florida slashes Apalachicola Bay oyster limits

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By Bruce Ritchie Verified
| Substack
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — State wildlife officials are slashing the number of oysters that can be taken from Apalachicola Bay during the upcoming harvesting season. The state wildlife agency will allow 2,560 bags of oysters to be collected during the season from Oct. 1 to Feb. 28, compared to 4,726 allowed during two months earlier this year.
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