Drought allows lake muck to be removed
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State water and wildlife managers are taking advantage of an unprecedented drought by removing life-choking muck along Lake Okeechobee's shoreline.
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By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo. May 26--GUNNISON -- It all seemed so simple 85 years ago: The proportions were cut and dried. Turns out, they're all wet.
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FERNLEY, Nev. -- Hundreds of homes sat in as much as 8 feet of water Sunday following a canal rupture as freezing weather spread sheets of ice over yards and streets, hindering efforts to get the water to drain away.
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By Beth Jones beth.jones@roanoke.com 981-3117  The Tri-County Lake Administrative Commission spent more than $100,000 removing debris from the Roanoke and Blackwater rivers following heavy late-June rains.
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By Jeffrey L. Frischkorn, The News-Herald, Willoughby, Ohio  Jun. 25--A decades-old earthen cap has started to leak, allowing salt to  leach into the fragile Mentor Marsh.
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By Donna Littlejohn, Rick Orlov  and Kerry Cavanaugh STAFF WRITERS  A $117 million cleanup of Machado Lake and the Wilmington Drain in the Harbor Area was approved Wednesday by the Los Angeles City Council as part of a sweeping package of citywide water quality improvement projects.
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By Matt Weiser, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jan. 30--Federal wildlife officials have halted review of a $110 million water project in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, effectively sending planners back to the drafting table on a project they considered vital to water quality.
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In Los Angeles, a drought has increased business for people who enjoy removing snakes from the property of others.
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By Jackie Burke, American News, Aberdeen, S.D.  Dec. 9--Aberdeen officials are working with area landowners to help improve water quality in Elm Lake and its watershed.
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By Sean Rose, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  May 27--A dam is in need of repair and there's less water for boating, but for Kentucky geologists, a 40-foot drop in the water level at Lake Cumberland is just fine.
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By Aliana Ramos, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Feb. 1--MURRELLS INLET -- Murrells Inlet 2007 board members decided Wednesday to stay out of all land-use issues and refocus their mission on the beautification and preservation of the creekside village.
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By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla.  Feb. 17--Destin motorists no longer have to endure a flooded stretch of Mountain Drive they're accustomed to driving through after heavy rains.
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Ponds that have provided summertime water in the high arctic for thousands of years are drying up as global warming advances, Canadian researchers say. Falling water levels and changes in chemistry in the ponds first were noticed in the 1990s, and by last July some of the ponds that dot the landscape were dry, according to a report in Tuesday's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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By Samantha Young, Associated Press  SACRAMENTO -- In 1980, as California was recovering from its longest drought since the Depression, state lawmakers thought they had found a solution to weather future water shortages.
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By Bangor Daily News, Maine  Sep. 15--Getting people interested in storm water is draining.
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For years men and machines have toiled to clean up Kashmir's mirror-calm Dal Lake to remove choking weeds, lily pads and other water plants that have tarnished the image of the famed tourist attraction.
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By Elizabeth Bluemink, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Dec. 8--The Army Corps of Engineers this week suspended a wetlands permit for the Rock Creek and Big Hurrah gold mines under construction near Nome.