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

“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

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KLPW MAKES POINTS ON RADIO SHOW TODAY!

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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KLPW GOES ON THE RADIO WEDNESDAY AT 11AM

A little over three years old and Kerr Lake Park Watch comes up near the top of most Google searches on all things Kerr Lake.  The group is now a named stakeholder with the U S
 Army Corps of Engineers which owns and operates Kerr Lake.

KLPW, without membership drives, now has over 250 members.  Last week KLPW reviewed campsite rehab RV sites with the Superintendent for the 7 NC recreation areas
and the editor of the Daily Dispatch.  KLPW made enough noise to get discussions on hydrilla.  Now a new possible threat, coal …
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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 …

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