LAKE TALLASSEE NEWS
Lake News From Lakes Online, Affiliates and Authorities
Date: 11/19/2008
Your boat’s greatest enemy may be its fuel. There are a number of reports in the press about the negative effects of ethanol in marine fuel tanks -- this is a concern for boat owners. The problem began when many areas began banning the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), replacing it with ethanol blends. This …
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Date: 11/7/2008
TALLASSEE,
Ala. - Nov. 7, 2008 - Lake Thurlow will be lowered approximately four
feet for routine dam maintenance. Work at Thurlow Dam is expected to
start Nov. 17 and be completed by Nov. 20. Alabama Power expects the
lake to return to normal elevation Nov. 20.
Lake elevations are always subject to change, depending …
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Date: 10/17/2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Call Favoritism of Florida's Needs ‘A Clear Affront to the Residents of Georgia’WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., today sent a letter to Senator Barack Obama, D-Ill., expressing their …
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Date: 9/16/2008
World Water Monitoring Day Starts Sept. 18 Thursday, September 18th, is the kick off the 5th Annual World Water Monitoring Day, a month-long international effort aimed to increase public awareness and involvement in water monitoring and protecting water resources around the world. World Water Monitoring Day engages people …
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Date: 9/5/2008
(Washington D.C. - Sept. 4, 2008) From lawn mowers and weed
trimmers, to personal watercraft and speedboats, gas-powered engines will soon
contribute to healthier and cleaner air for Americans. The Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) has set strict new standards for gas-powered lawn
equipment and marine engines …
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LAKE TALLASSEE FISHING NEWS
Lake News And Reports From Local Fishing Experts
Date: 11/27/2007
While most people including myself are stuffing there bellies with Thanksgiving turkey - I still find time to get out on the lake for some fast and furious fall crappie fishing action. Most anglers are starting to put their boats and tackle away for the winter, waiting for the first signs of spring. Well let me …
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Date: 2/12/2007
Fishing... is it dangerous to your health? After witnessing a bad boat crash near the ramp at Kowaliga last week my thoughts, turned to why fishermen are part boat racers and part fishermen. It grew from a man’s desire to go fast, the thrill of speed on the water, beautiful days with the wind blowing past you as you barely …
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Date: 2/5/2007
Birds are cheap locators when looking for fish feeding on top or near the surface. Nature has given them some great eyes to see bait fish at great distances. Birds feeding over the lake can see bait fish near the surface. Once spotted they start a pattern of diving into the water feeding on the bait. Of course when shad or …
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MEDIA ARTICLE SOURCES
Fishing News From Local Media Providers
Date: 11/30/2008
The 18-year-old dispute over water between Georgia, Florida and Alabama is a tangled web that includes seven federal lawsuits in three different court systems and a plethora of plaintiffs.There are six suits that have been moved to the Middle District of Florida, where a federal judge from Minnesota, Paul Magnuson, will …
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Date: 11/3/2008
The differences between the Bassmaster Classic in 1969 and in 2009 will be profound. The man who won that first Classic, Bobby Murray, remembers the weigh-in taking place on the roof of a floating dock on Lake Mead — a lake that none of the competitors had fished before, nor knew, until they were in the air en route …
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Date: 11/2/2008
An Alabama Power Company official said millions of dollars were spent and hundreds of man-hours were logged in moving forward the re-licensing of the Coosa River hydroelectric project, but it appears the process is dead in the water.Willard Bowers, vice president of environmental affairs for APC, said that …
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Date: 11/2/2008
Alabama Conservation Commissioner Barnett Lawley opposes the intervention of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division and the Atlanta Regional Commission, which wants to protest Alabama Power Company’s re-licensing application for its hydroelectric dam projects on the Coosa River.The Georgia EPD and ARC contend the …
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Date: 10/15/2008
Ardie Olson of Cumming, Ga., shot the Coosa River rapids south of Jordan Dam Tuesday evening, bringing him about halfway through his quest to be the first paddler to go the length of the Alabama Scenic River Trail.The 631-mile path starts at the Georgia border and ends at Fort Morgan on the Alabama Gulf Coast. Olson put …
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Date: 10/5/2008
The City of Auburn is looking ahead and implementing water and sewer projects, some of them long-term, Auburn Water Resource Management Director Laura Koon said. Some of the major projects under way include:- Saugahatchee Interceptor sewer project:The city has contracted a company to line a large existing sewer line in the …
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Date: 8/31/2008
WALTON COUNTY — The Hard Labor Creek Reservoir project got some hard news earlier this month as county officials discovered that the state can’t afford the $10 million promised earlier this year as part of a $40 million statewide cache to help with the drought.Walton County was one of the 13 cities and counties that …
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Date: 8/20/2008
Alabama, Florida and Georgia have been waging a water war for 18 years, but a cease-fire may be in sight.
Alabama experts not only believe that the courts may finally determine the states' water rights in the next two years, but that Alabama might be one of the winners in the war.
Negotiations between the Re …
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