LAKE MARTIN NEWS
Lake News From Lakes Online, Affiliates and Authorities
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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Date: 9/2/2008
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will be conducting
the Martin Relicensing Scoping Meetings on Thursday, September 11, 2008
at the Betty Carol Graham Center on the campus of Central Alabama
Community College in Alexander City.
A scoping meeting is a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) …
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Date: 8/27/2008
Alabama Marine Police officials will increase enforcement efforts of the "3 Lakes Law" - the Alabama statute restricting the maximum length and speed of certain vessels using Lake Martin, Lake Harris (Wedowee) and Weiss Lake.
"We're going to start actively identifying those vessels in violation, give them a warning and …
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Date: 8/21/2008
BIRMINGHAM – Despite recent rainfall, drought conditions are still in effect as Alabama Power continues to take measures to conserve water.
Alabama Power has cut releases from its hydroelectric dams to the minimums required to protect fisheries, endangered species, water quality and critical municipal and industrial …
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Date: 8/18/2008
Regarding renewing your Alabama Fishing License, I would like to thank Jeff Leep for pointing out a few things to me that I would like to pass along to you readers. After trying to renew his license through the website that I had provided to you, the website would not allow him to purchase a license for next year …
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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: 8/25/2008
ELMORE COUNTY- The Alabama Emergency Management Agency and Elmore County Emergency Management Agency are confirming one fatality related to what was Tropical Storm Fay. A 33-year old male drowned Saturday on Lake Martin, near Dopson’s Point.
According to family members the victim was in the water when rough wind and …
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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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Date: 8/13/2008
Survivors of this weekend's fatal boat accident on Lake Martin have filed suit against the man charged with homicide by vessel in the case.
A boat driven by Patrick Cumbie, 22, allegedly killed 62-year-old Donny Tatum when it plowed into a group of Prattville residents on and around a pontoon boat near Reel …
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Date: 8/11/2008
One Prattville man is dead, a woman is in critical condition and a Montgomery man has been charged with homicide by vessel and boating under the influence after a horrific boating accident on Lake Martin.
Patrick Cumbie, 22, is in the Elmore County Jail under $15,000 bond for the death of Donny Tatum, a 62-year-old …
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Date: 7/24/2008
Statewide home sales fell nearly 27 percent in June, the 10th consecutive monthly decline in Alabama.
The Alabama Center for Real Estate reported a total of 4,290 homes sold in the state in June. That's a nearly 27 percent drop from June 2007 and a more than 6 percent drop from May.
Homes on Lake Martin, reportedly one …
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Date: 7/24/2008
Alabama businesses, farmers and water systems continue to struggle with the effects of two years of drought despite recent rains that have brought some relief.
Officials with Dixie Pellets near Selma say water levels on the Alabama River remain so low they are only able to fill barges half full when shipping their product …
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Date: 7/22/2008
The new 631-mile Alabama Scenic River Trail - a boating route that stretches from the Coosa River in northeast Alabama to Fort Morgan on the Alabama Gulf Coast - has been designated a National Recreational Trail, and improvements are continuing along the route.
The town of Ohatchee in Calhoun County and the city of …
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Date: 7/20/2008
PRATTVILLE -- Although Prattville's Russ Lane plies both his passion and his vocation on lakes all over the nation as a Bassmaster Elite Pro, Lane honed his skills on the rivers and lakes in Alabama.
Currently, in the middle of a month-long break between tournaments -- the next event is the Empire Chase on Lake Erie at …
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