OFFICIALS GIVE MIXED NEWS ON IMPACT OF COAL ASH LEAK ON KERR LAKE

One week later answers have changed from bad
to good and from bad to worse. Hope still exists for minimal impact.

The lead person for the North Carolina Department of Environment & Natural Resources NCDENR
now says that the potential impact to the John H. Kerr Reservoir from the coal ash spill just over a week ago at a defunct Eden, NC power plant on the Dan River will …

NC SIDE OF KERR LAKE PARKS GETS FACELIFT

They wear white jump suits and they move like lightning. They are really good painters, but they are not full-time painters. Some work at one
park, some work at all of the seven parks or state recreation areas on the North Carolina side of Kerr Lake. Some plumb, some wire, some cut grass, some pick up trash and some do a combination
of all those and much more. They are “The Crew” at Kerr Lake State Recreation …

Campers Respect Our Parks, Other Campers & Control Your Children

by Larry Matthews

(Editor’s Note:  We welcome what amounts to Letters to the Editor type information. We feel good opinions
become good advice that may become policy, referring to our Kerr Lake park interest. Feel free to write. Larry Matthews is an avid, life-long camper at Kerr Lake, mostly at Hibernia. Matthews is also
a charter member of Kerr Lake Park Watch.)

While camping last week I did see that some of the issues mentioned …

KLPW SAYS CORPS NEEDS TO PUT ON BIG BOY BOOTS FOR HYDRILLA

POSITION
STATEMENT by KERR LAKE PARK WATCH

ON THE SUBJECT OF THE CONTINUING SPREAD OF HYDRILLA, A
NOXIOUS AQUATIC WEED

FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND RECORD OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENT AS REQUESTED BY

THE U. S. ARMY …

KLPW PUTTING FINISHING TOUCHES ON HYDRILLA RESPONSE TO CORPS

We are reviewing comments here on the blog, on Facebook and from emails to put the finishing touches on our position on HYDRILLA
for the Environmental Assessment and its permanent record for the US Army Corps of Engineers. Public comment can be made through Friday, May
31, 2013.

You can respond below in the comments section or email us at info@kerrlakeparkwatch.org.
WE WANT YOUR INPUT & FEEDBACK:
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