AUGUSTA - Ecologists say frogs and other creatures are facing the specter of local extinction because of the drought in Georgia. <br>
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The creatures who inhabit the wetlands within the Savannah River Site are the most vulnearable. <br>
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The drought has lowered water tables and dried up wells all over the state. It has also partially emptied the 70,000-acre Thurmond Lake above Augusta. <br>
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It shows little signs of letting up, and the smallest creatures are paying the biggest price. <br>
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Georgia's unusually dry weather is also affecting small alligators in south Georgia. They usually stay in shallow ponds to avoid being eaten by larger alligators. The drought means they have been forced into new homes and new danger in deeper water. <br>
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The continuous dry weather has disrupted the habitat and breeding patterns of some key species so much that they have slowed reproduction, making them endangered species.
