WEST POINT LAKE NEWS
Lake News From Lakes Online, Affiliates and Authorities
Date: 2/11/2010
Although the cooling system on your boat shares some of the same features as your car or truck, the systems are actually quite different. For this article, we will use a standard inboard/outboard configuration for discussion. First off, when you are cruising around in your boat, you are riding in one big huge radiator …
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Date: 1/28/2010
The NBC news team at KXAN in Austin, TX is reporting that Sea Ray has chosen Lake Travis to be the 2010 AquaPalooza. The exact location on the lake and musical artists have not been announced as they are still being planned.Local Sea Ray dealer Sail & Ski Center recently captured the …
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Date: 1/12/2010
Due to the deep
freeze in the past few days, many lakes in the southeast have unusually
formed ice in calm waters. Lakes Online members have uploaded some
photos of ice in the water. Check out photos in the galleries below.
Galleries:
Lake Weiss Freeze and
Lake …
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Date: 12/22/2009
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released its most comprehensive study of the nation’s lakes to date. The draft study, which rated the condition of 56 percent of the lakes in the United States as good and the remainder as fair or poor, marked the first time EPA and its partners used a nationally …
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Date: 12/1/2009
The next time you're in the convenient store, or local marina and pick up a quart of oil for your boat think about this column! Several years ago, when combustion engines were designed and built the most common valve train/camshaft combination were a flat tappet lifter and the …
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WEST POINT LAKE FISHING NEWS
Lake News And Reports From Local Fishing Experts
Date: 2/14/2010
Bassmaster Classic (February 19th - 21st)February is not only known for the NFL's Superbowl, but it is known for Bassmaster's Superbowl of bass fishing, the Classic. The 2010 Bassmaster Classic is being held on Lay Lake in Alabama. For those of you that may not know, the field consists …
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Date: 5/16/2009
West Point bass were biting in tihe Walmart Bulldog Division on West Point Lake near Lanett, Alabama. Saturday. The lake is known for big bass. Marcia Arnold, from LakesOnline.com, was there to photograph the returning fisherman. See the photos in the Gallery. Winners are listed at bfl.flwoutdoors …
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Date: 3/17/2009
BASS announced today that the 2010 Bassmaster Classic will return in
February to Lay Lake in Shelby County, Ala., site of three previous
Classic competitions — 1996, 2002 and 2007.Fifty-one Classic
qualifiers will hit the Coosa River impoundment Feb. 19-21 for the 2010
Classic title. As previously announced …
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MEDIA ARTICLE SOURCES
Fishing News From Local Media Providers
Date: 8/15/2009
In a 1940 letter that is now at the heart of a water rights war in Georgia, then-U.S. Army Chief of Engineers J.L. Schley wrote Congress about the purposes for a new reservoir on Georgia’s Etowah River: flood control, navigation and power generation.Congress ultimately approved the Allatoona Reservoir’s construction …
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Date: 7/27/2009
"I'm gonna tell you, this has got to be the coolest show I've ever done here tonight," Alan Jackson said Saturday (July 25) to some 35,000 fans who traveled by boat to attend his concert on Lake Martin near Alexander City, Ala.In addition to the crowd estimate, law enforcement agencies also reported that more than 4,000 …
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Date: 1/12/2009
More rain could hit Northwest Georgia this week, and a flood warning will remain in effect until noon today for Floyd and Gordon counties, according to the National Weather Service.Showers on Saturday and Sunday kept some river levels above the flood stage in both counties, although the waters are starting to recede after …
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Date: 1/12/2009
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will let stand a lower court ruling that threatens Georgia's long-term water use plans for the Atlanta region, giving Florida and Alabama a pivotal victory in the states' long-running water wars.The court's decision raises fundamental questions about Georgia's rights to …
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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: 11/2/2008
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: 10/29/2008
Could stakeholders along the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river basin come together and solve the 18-year-old impasse over water between Georgia, Florida and Alabama?That’s the question a federal mediator is trying to determine in a series of meetings that began Wednesday in Buford.Brian Manwaring of the U.S …
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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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