LAKE BLACKSHEAR NEWS
Lake News From Lakes Online, Affiliates and Authorities
Date: 12/15/2008
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved the first installation of ahydrokinetic device at an existing FERC-licensed hydroelectric project, to be located on the Mississippi Riverin Hastings, Minn.Hydrokinetic devices generate electricity from waves or directly from the flow of water in oceancurrents …
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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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LAKE BLACKSHEAR FISHING NEWS
Lake News And Reports From Local Fishing Experts
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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: 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: 8/31/2008
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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Date: 7/18/2008
Out-of-state residents who sell property in Alabama will initially lose 3 percent of their sales price to state taxes, but the new law's sponsor says sellers could get most of the money back.
House Bill 357, which takes effect Aug. 1, requires Alabama landowners who are not residents to withhold 3 or 4 percent of their …
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Date: 6/29/2008
ATHENS, Ga. -- Northeast Georgia is in a severe drought, and here on the banks of the Oconee River, signs are anything but subtle.
"We are running out of water!" declared a notice in a West Broad Street hotel lobby.
To underscore the point, it included photos of the town's primary reservoir, which had dropped to a much …
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Date: 6/26/2008
As north Georgia enters its third summer of record-setting drought, decision-makers are turning again to reservoirs: damming streams to store more water against future dry spells.
Environmental groups are preparing to fight another battle over the Flint River, one of the state's longest stretches of free-flowing water …
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