Restored Leaser Lake By 2014: Lake Will Be Closed to Angling of Any Kind for Several Years After the New Dam is Completed.
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By Christian Berg, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Dec. 19--State officials hope to complete long-awaited repairs at Leaser Lake by 2010, but local fishermen will probably have to wait another four years before angling for species such as bass, walleye, muskellunge and catfish.
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NISQUALLY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Wash. -- Farmland that was drained and diked more than 100 years ago would turn back into salt marshes and mudflats for migrating salmon under a 15-year plan for the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge.
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By P.J. LASSEK World Staff Writer  A low-water dam can be designed to be extremely safe for recreational use while addressing floodwater flows, fish migration, and sand buildup, a U.S. Corps of Engineers consultant said.
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By P.J. Lassek, Tulsa World, Okla.  Sep. 23--An expeditious yet rigid technical review of The Channels, a $788 million proposal to create a 12-mile lake and three linked islands in the Arkansas River, will begin next week.
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By Wayne Nelson, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Dec. 12--It's been more than two decades since the Lake Region State College men's basketball program recorded back-to-back 20-win seasons.   That drought appears to be over.
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By Scott Richardson, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.  Feb. 15--Al Nutty spends his days as a fishing guide on Kinkaid Lake in Southern Illinois.   The 2,750-acre reservoir offers walleye and smallmouth fishing that is improving. He's seen crappies that reach 2.5 to 3 pounds.
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Fishing is steady although the number of anglers going out has been down somewhat. Walleye can still be taken most anywhere, but you have to work for it.  Dropping water levels have led to unusable ramps.
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By Will Elliott  Lake Ontario fishing could become even better if plans to restore that lake's fishery are carried out.
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By DON BEHM  Mequon - When the Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary removes a crumbling dam on Pigeon Creek this spring, it will avoid paying up to $100,000 in repair or replacement costs and open the stream to migrating fish for the first time in nearly 80 years.
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By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Dec. 17--ROCKY FORD - The Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District is looking at a long-term lease of 11 acres of land it would buy near the Colorado State University Agricultural Research Center near Rocky Ford.
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Is Coldwater Creek finally cooling down?
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The Wolf Creek Dam in Burkesville, Ky., holds back one of the country's largest manmade lakes, but residents worry the dam is starting to deteriorate.
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By ARIZONA DAILY STAR  The Tucson Parks and Recreation Department has received a grant to improve water quality at Lakeside Park's lake.  The lake was built to hold stormwater runoff and converted for recreational fishing in 1985.
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By Yomi S. WrongeMEDIANEWS  The state's second-longest river will be brought back to life after 60 years of being drained dry for Central Valley agriculture, under a settlement filed Wednesday in federal court.
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By Dylan T. Lovan  JAMESTOWN, Ky. - Rollie Vonlinger looked sadly across Lake Cumberland at some of the fishing spots he has hit over the past 30 years. It is going to be hard to get to some of those spots from now on, because the boat ramp he normally uses no longer reaches the water.
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By Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Dec. 10--The North Dakota Game and Fish Department stocked 1.3 million perch fingerlings in Devils Lake this past summer, but Mother Nature still gets the edge for contributing new fish to the population.
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By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Dec. 13--A plan to improve Cucharas Reservoir has been put on hold because a company that would have paid part of the cost can't get a permit for a power plant in northern Pueblo County in a timely manner.