LAKE TELLICO 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: 7/30/2008
NMMA applauds important relief measure for recreational boating
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 30, 2008—In a significant victory for the recreational marine industry and the American boating and angling public, President Bush late yesterday signed into law S. 2766, the Clean Boating Act of 2008, protecting the more than 17 …
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Date: 5/21/2008
It’s all about rainfall, says TVA’s Chuck Bach. “We’ve gotten some much needed rain this spring, and it’s had a positive impact on reservoir levels. But we’ll need continued rain to reach—and maintain—summer target levels.”
Cherokee Dam
As manager of River Scheduling at TVA, Bach keeps a close eye …
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Date: 5/21/2008
Storm clouds gather over the mountains of western North Carolina. Thunder rumbles, lightning flashes, and rain pelts the ground. Soon, rivulets of water are making their way into a nearby creek and, before long, a gully washer is underway.
Follow the journey of just one of those many drops of rain over the next …
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Date: 5/21/2008
In our last issue, we took a look back at how the 2007 drought impacted the broad range of benefits provided by the Tennessee River system—from commercial navigation and hydropower generation to recreation, water supply, water quality, and aquatic habitat. Given the interest expressed by our readers in the health of …
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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: 6/24/2008
Lake levels were the talk of the summer last year, because they were much lower than normal, and 2007 was the driest year in 118 years. This year, things are better, but East Tennessee's lake levels are still lower than the folks at TVA normally expect them to be.
TVA officials say that they're operating at minimum flows …
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Date: 6/24/2008
If your Fourth of July plans include a trip to the lake, you don't want to hear that gasoline prices at local docks are now pushing five dollars a gallon.
Volunteer TV News spoke with several marinas on Norris Lake, and the average price Tuesday was $4.55 a gallon and up.
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Date: 6/20/2008
City Parks and Recreation officials said two enterprising scrap metal thieves went for the ultimate prize - the city's 50-foot by 10-foot aluminum boat ramp.
Two men were seen floating down the Tennessee River - with a fire blazing on the unusual craft - early Thursday morning.
Kevin Brady, city parks director, said he …
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Date: 6/13/2008
Whether they use their vessels for pleasure-cruising, fishing or waterskiing, recreational boaters soon might find they need a permit from the Environmental Protection Agency before they can launch a boat on their favorite waterway. The fees for this court-mandated permit will be in addition to any registration fees, state …
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Date: 6/13/2008
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A specialist in underwater searches is being brought in to help find the body of an Ohio man lost incentral Tennessee's Norris Lake.
Peter Gruber of the Cincinnati suburb of Glendale jumped overboard from a moving boat two weeks ago. He never resurfaced.
Gene Ralston of Idaho-based Ralston and …
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Date: 5/27/2008
Crews return to a Tennessee lake Tuesday to search for a local man believed to have drowned after jumping off a moving boat.
26-year-old Peter Gruber, of Glendale, jumped from a moving boat on Norris Lake Sunday evening. According to our Knoxville affiliate, WVLT, the boat was going about 35 to 40 miles-per …
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