MITCHELL LAKE 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: 10/17/2008
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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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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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MITCHELL LAKE 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: 11/3/2008
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: 10/20/2008
Sunny California was the sight of the U.S. Nationals wakeboard competition held Oct. 1-4. This elite event represented the best 450 athletes, ages 6 to 72, from across the United States.In order to be invited to this prestigious tournament, an athlete had to place either first or second in his or her state’s …
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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: 9/29/2008
Alabama's Scenic River Trail is said to be the nation's longest one-state river trail. It probably is - after all, it stretches more than 600 miles from the Coosa River to the Gulf of Mexico. And Don Self has spent more than five years studying and writing about birds in Alabama. Put them together and you can't help but …
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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: 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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