Jackson County Courthouse, north side, photo by G. Morgan
Mr. Rick Roden, Mountain Lakes Chamber of Commerce made a presentation regarding the need to raise $400,000 - $500,000 dollars for the purpose of controlling invasive aquatic species and maintenance of Lake Guntersville. His presentation was titled "My Lake Guntersville," more info: https://mylakeguntersville.com/
WET vs WET
Is this the same WET Foundation, or is the Lake Guntersville WET Foundation different?
https://www.projectwet.org/ I sent a request to the Project WET Foundation to ascertain if the Lake Guntersville WET Foundation is a project of the WET Foundation water education program which has education programs all over the United States of America. This is the reply from the WET Foundation representative. "Thanks for asking about the Alabama W.E.T. Foundation. We do not have a relationship with this organization and were not aware of them until your email. I hope that is helpful."
TVA Mission Statement regarding this issue: "Recreation. Part of TVA's mission is to make life better for the people of the Tennessee Valley, and we do that through maintaining beautiful reservoirs, campgrounds, trails, whitewater streams and 293,000 acres of developed and undeveloped lands for you to play on. Further information on TVA's mission: https://www.tva.gov/Environment
TVA is failing in this mission statement and is now requiring business and private citizens to pick up the cost for TVA's diversion of funds for environmental management. OR - is "My Lake Guntersville." organization's purpose to promote Bass Fishing and not environmental education or river environmental management?
Mr. Roden stated that cormorants are eroding islands, a questionable comment. The following information is from the Wildlife Society regarding cormorants and the "cormorant debate." "For centuries, people have viewed cormorants negatively. In classical literature, the word cormorant represented greed and gluttony. However, natural resource professionals have long recognized the ecological value of all wildlife, and cormorants are no exception. For example, as an upper trophic-level predator in aquatic systems, cormorants are useful indicators of environmental pollution and may contribute to limiting invasive prey populations." https://wildlife.org/the-rise-of-double-crested-cormorants-too-much-of-a-good-thing/ Outdoor Alabama has this to say about the Great Cormorant: https://www.outdooralabama.com/tropicbirds/great-cormorant Personally, I have witnessed Alabama Department of Conservation employees utilizing harassment methods to disperse cormorants. Bassmasters story on cormorants: https://www.bassmaster.com/conservation-news/cormorants-impact-fisheries
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