Taking off on that, Colonel Chytka, my understanding is that navigation is one of the authorized uses within the basin.

You could go back 50 years and see what it looked----

Yes, I am sorry, that was my next question, so I am glad you are touching on it.

the dispute is the proper subject for resolution by Congress.

Hence the restoration stuff we just talked about.

the reason why I ask is that might be one of the things we want to include in any sort of funding vis-a-vis the emergency declaration.

United States Senators from Florida Honorable Marco Rubio and Honorable Bill Nelson will hold a congressional field hearing to examine the lack of freshwater flow down to Apalachicola Bay.

we recognize Senator Rubio and Senator Nelson as one of our own warriors in this struggle to continue the existence of Apalachicola Bay

No, no. Is the flow the only issue impacting the ecology? Are there other issues, other than the flow, that are impacting the ecology of the estuary?

the flow is happening? Or are those some of those things that you can start to do already?

What we want is basically to take a count of the volume and then basically have a system of fairness that would apportion it across the states that use it.

I look forward to continuing to work with the Committee on these very important issues, answering any questions you may have.