They were native to the main channel of the Coosa River in Alabama, where the last suitable habitat was destroyed by the filling of the reservoir Logan Martin Lake in the mid-1960s.
The pollution culminated with several high profile class action lawsuits in the early 2000s, one of which was led by attorney Johnnie Cochran.
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