NC DENR OFFICIAL GETTING UPSTAIRS PRESSURE TO RECANT COAL ASH EXISTENCE IN KERR LAKE

Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on April 18, 2014

The NC DENR bosses are pushing the Director of the Division of Water Resources to soften his remarks that coal ash
is in Kerr Lake. Tom Reeder, who Kerr Lake Park Watch interviewed about two months ago, who said coal ash was in the upper convergence waters of Kerr Lake, is getting pressure from
his bosses to recant that.

As usual, most involved agencies claim they are studying or testing Kerr …

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Posted in: KLPW - Environmental

COAL ASH IS IN KERR LAKE – What That Means…Still Unanswered

Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on April 18, 2014

Government officials easily answer that coal ash is in Kerr Lake. Kerr Lake Park Watch’s
question about coal ash, after two and a half months, still remains unanswered.

Will Kerr Lake be safe this visitor season for the people who visit the public parks, day-use areas, boat ramps, campgrounds, etc., considering that visitors come to have some form of interaction
with the water? Is the water safe for humans, for fish and plant life? That’s what …

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Posted in: KLPW - Environmental, KLPW - MAIN NEWS, KLPW - WATER RELATED, KLPW - Water Safety

WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO AT KERR LAKE

Posted by on March 25, 2014

It could be a kid gnawing on a chicken leg in the edge of the water, a senior citizen walking briskly through one
of the parks on Kerr Lake, or it could be someone lazily floating just off the shore of one of the lake’s many public areas.

It could be that special and magical fishing moment. People ask
us a lot, especially lately, why KERR …

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Posted in: KLPW - Environmental, KLPW - WATER RELATED

NEW LESSEE FOR STEELE CREEK TO BE NAMED SOON – DOA GETS SMACK FOR LOUSY COMMUNICATIONS WITH PUBLIC

Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on March 6, 2014

“We had a good and purposeful meeting today between state senators and representatives with the NC Department of Administration (DOA) on sorting out the issues to get a new lease in place for
the Steele Creek Marina at Townsville,” said State Senator Chad Barefoot who let DOA and others quickly know that he was there to represent KLPW and many more constituency groups and interested
citizens.

While the legislators believe that DOA and the State Property Office are working in the best interests of the docking and boating public, they did admonish the …

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Posted in: KLPW - Boating and Related Improvements, KLPW - N C State Recreation Areas, KLPW - Similar Circumstances/Situations at other Locations

KLPW MAKES POINTS ON RADIO SHOW TODAY!

Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on February 27, 2014

KLPW’S Frank Timberlake appeared on WIZS’ Town Talk today to discuss Kerr
Lake Park Watch’s agenda, work and plans. In that broadcast, Timberlake announced his mistrust of NCDENR to be the sole agency in charge of the coal ash spill and subsequent
reporting because of increasingly better water test results in eastern North Carolina that were withheld from the public for nearly 30 years by DENR. Timberlake and his PR team broke that
…

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Posted in: KLPW - MAIN NEWS, KLPW - WATER RELATED