LAKE MARTIN 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: 10/28/2008
Coosa County residents will find orange notices posted on their homes about the new ENHANCED 911 system. The noticed confirm the house number and road name that will be in the ENHANCED 911 database. Residents are asked to complete the bottom portion of the notice and mail to the Coosa County E911 …
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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 MARTIN 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: 10/22/2007
What public access ramps are usable on Lake Martin? The fish are biting, but how can you get to them? I’m getting questions every day about what’s going on with the State of Alabama and why aren’t they fixing these ramps?
Nick Nichols, Assistant Chief of Fisheries with the Wildlife and Fisheries Division …
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Date: 10/14/2007
What public boat access ramps are usable now? That seems to be the question with the lake level down 14 feet, lower than it’s been since the early 60’s and possibly even back to 1941. Let me assure you that there is still plenty of water in Lake Martin and plenty of fish and they are biting! You just have to be …
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MEDIA ARTICLE SOURCES
Fishing News From Local Media Providers
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: 9/14/2008
The Rome City Commission has a light agenda on Monday, but officials are expected to block out more time on Tuesday night for a public meeting on plans for the Coosa River basin and Lake Allatoona.
The board caucuses at 5 p.m. with its regular meeting following at 6:30 p.m. in City Hall, 601 Broad St.
Mayor Wright …
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Date: 9/11/2008
We have a WSFA 12 News update on a deadly boating accident in August on Lake Martin.
On Wednesday morning, the man charged with boating under the influence in the case waived his rights to enter a plea. Instead, Patrick Cumbie will wait and let a grand jury decide if the case will go forward.
Cumbie allegedly ran 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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