Missouri Ash Borer
Posted by Samuel in News on 09 8th, 2009All right so for those of you who were not aware, the emerald ash borer was discovered at Lake Wappapello last year. The ash borer is a pesky bug that kills ash trees. It seemed almost inevitable that the bug would spread across Missouri spreading from Lake Wappapello but that has not really happened. So far it has really stayed contained to Wayne County where it was found in 2008. This is good news because the bug is very devastating to ash trees and would leave a path of dead/dieing ash trees in its wake if it migrated across Missouri. As time goes by the Missouri Department of conservation feels that the bug will almost certainly travel across Missouri but as of now the majority of the state has remained spared from the pesky bug, leaving only Lake Wappapello and the Wayne County area to deal with the critter.
read comments (0)E. Coli at Lake of the Ozarks
Posted by Samuel in News on 09 2nd, 2009I just wanted to relay a story I saw on the Kansas City Star yesterday about Lake of the Ozarks. The story is below:
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources admitted this week that it withheld a report about high E. coli levels in parts of Lake of the Ozarks around Memorial Day “because they were concerned about the impact it would have on tourism and the public.”
That’s what the Kansas City Star is reporting in a shocking story that portrays the DNR as more concerned about revenue in the pockets of Missouri’s lake area merchants than they are about deadly pathogens possibly getting into the bloodstreams of thousands of boaters, swimmers, water skiiers and fisherman throughout the region.
A national clean-water expert and author said the report should have been released about May 28 when the danger was imminent, not June 26, when it was finally released with lower June samples. The spike in E. coli in one of Missouri’s most popular recreational waters was likely caused by heavy rains that washed human and animal feces into the water.
“We didn’t want to panic the people,” DNR spokeswoman Susanne Medley told the newspaper.
…. so needless to say someone should (and hopefully will) be loosing their job over this one. It is completely unacceptable to withhold this type of information from the public. This organization is set up to protect people, as well as the environment by monitoring our waterways. To not report their findings because of “fear of public panic” is a total joke, and is obviously a very poorly veiled attempt to help the tourism industry at the Lake of the Ozarks.
Stimulus money for lakes in Missouri
Posted by Samuel in News on 08 5th, 2009Write or wrong the stimulus package that was passed several months ago by congress has several interesting provisions for lakes in the State of Missouri. Overall there is $200 million that is being pumped into various lakes in Missouri. And of the lakes I bet you cant guess which one is receiving the most money….. drum roll please
Stockton will receive such a large amount of money mostly to fix a broken turbine blade in the dam which has caused the dam to loose $37,000 PER DAY since Febuaray 4th of this year! (wow that is a lot of money) since they cannot generate power.
Other than the money going to Stockton, there is money that will be given to various other lakes, but the main complaint…. the money is taking to long to actually get to the lakes. In most cases the largest sums of money will take a year and a half to two years to actually make its way through the bureaucracy and have in impact. (wow that is a long time)
But once the money does reach these lakes it will be interesting to see what projects and improvements they each undertake.
Twitter page
Posted by Samuel in News on 07 28th, 2009Show-Me-Lakes has just launched our twitter page. You can get to our twitter page by clicking on the “follow us on twitter” link on the right side of any page or by click on the link to our twitter page here.
Our twitter page will be used to update visitors with the latests speacials and deals being offered by lake resorts on our website as well as to let everyone know of anything that is going on at www.showmelakes.com
First blog post
Posted by Samuel in News on 07 28th, 2009Well we are launching our new Show-Me-Lakes blog and just wanted to let everyone know what this blog will entail. We will use this blog to post pictures of any visits to the lake, as well as specials deals that are offered from lake resorts and any promotions we will be offering on our site as well. Check back often for updates because once we get settled in with the blog we will be updating often.
