May 9, 1996 – The Austin City Council approved the purchase of a marine trash skimmer this week that is designed to make the waters of Town Lake look cleaner and increase the efficiency of City crews. The skimmer, from
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The City of Bourges, France has just bought from the U.S. a new weed harvester boat: high performance, it is supposed to harvest aquatic plants which invade Lake Auron and which block rowers and wind surfers. The enemy of the boater in
Read more →For years, the residents of Olathe, Kansas, watched their North and South Frisco Lakes fill with tons of dirt, mud and all sorts of debris. And for years only the water flowed back out again. Originally, one of the main
Read more →For the past 15 years, residents of privately-owned Lake Tishomingo have watched their lake slowly deteriorate from a gradual buildup of choking siltation. As the problem grew in magnitude, they explored the possibility of obtaining government assistance, but finally decided
Read more →Whitewater Memorial State Park is located in east-central Indiana near the community of Liberty, Indiana. This seventeen hundred acre park opened in 1951 and was dedicated to members of the U.S. armed services who served their country during World War
Read more →by Louise Axelson, Courant Staff Writer Wethersfield – From a distance, the 1860 Reservoir, hidden away from Highland Street by shade trees, appears ready to receive summer visitors. What looks like a red, white, and blue pleasure boat floats invitingly
Read more →It got so at the Valley Hi Lake in Colorado Springs, Colo., that anyone could walk on water and would get no more than a hohum. The “lake” was little more than six inches deep in most places. Silting had
Read more →by Stig Petersen New methods are being used in restoring Lake Brabrand in cooperation with Aarhus Municipality, Aarhus County, and Per Aarsleff, Inc. The project is being followed with great interest. Lake Brabrand in the western part of Aarhus, Denmark
Read more →While federal funding for land and water conservation activities has been slashed tremendously, other methods of financing such projects are surfacing at the state and local levels. Michigan’s Governor signed into law a bill which allows citizens to support lake
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Boat owners in the Bay Point, Montana, area will be happy to see dredging today. Schwarz Architecture and Engineering has been working with city officials and the Whitefish Lakeshore Protection Committee (WLPC) for more than a year to organize theRead more →
