Ethanol Gasoline in Marine Engines

Lakes Online - LakesOnline.com

Date: 11/19/2008

Your boat’s greatest enemy may be its fuel. There are a number of reports in the press about the negative effects of ethanol in marine fuel tanks -- this is a concern for boat owners. The problem began when many areas began banning the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), replacing it with ethanol blends. This… Read More

28-year-old Kim Bain - First Woman to fish Bassmaster Classic

Sam Eifling - ESPN Bassmaster

Date: 11/3/2008

The differences between the Bassmaster Classic in 1969 and in 2009 will be profound. The man who won that first Classic, Bobby Murray, remembers the weigh-in taking place on the roof of a floating dock on Lake Mead — a lake that none of the competitors had fished before, nor knew, until they were in the air en route… Read More

Agency ready to mediate water wars

Harris Blackwood - The Gainesville Times

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… Read More

Obama’s Comments Reflect Lack of Understanding of Tri-State Water Issues

Chambliss & Isakson (U.S. Senate GA) - LakesOnline.com

Date: 10/17/2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Call Favoritism of Florida's Needs ‘A Clear Affront to the Residents of Georgia’WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., today sent a letter to Senator Barack Obama, D-Ill., expressing their… Read More

World Water Monitoring Day Starts Sept. 18

Shawna Bergman - Environmental Protection Agency

Date: 9/16/2008

World Water Monitoring Day Starts Sept. 18 Thursday, September 18th, is the kick off the 5th Annual World Water Monitoring Day, a month-long international effort aimed to increase public awareness and involvement in water monitoring and protecting water resources around the world. World Water Monitoring Day engages people… Read More