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77.23 FEET
12/4/2008
Full Pool: 78.0
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Harris Blackwood - The Gainesville Times Date: 11/30/2008 The 18-year-old dispute over water between Georgia, Florida and Alabama is a tangled web that includes seven federal lawsuits in three different court systems and a plethora of plaintiffs.There are six suits that have been moved to the Middle District of Florida, where a federal judge from Minnesota, Paul Magnuson, will… Read More
Lakes Online - LakesOnline.com Date: 11/19/2008 Your boat’s greatest enemy may be its fuel. There are a number of reports in the press about the negative effects of ethanol in marine fuel tanks -- this is a concern for boat owners. The problem began when many areas began banning the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), replacing it with ethanol blends. This… Read More
Sam Eifling - ESPN Bassmaster Date: 11/3/2008 The differences between the Bassmaster Classic in 1969 and in 2009 will be profound. The man who won that first Classic, Bobby Murray, remembers the weigh-in taking place on the roof of a floating dock on Lake Mead — a lake that none of the competitors had fished before, nor knew, until they were in the air en route… Read More
David Atchison - The Daily Home Date: 11/2/2008 Alabama Conservation Commissioner Barnett Lawley opposes the intervention of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division and the Atlanta Regional Commission, which wants to protest Alabama Power Company’s re-licensing application for its hydroelectric dam projects on the Coosa River.The Georgia EPD and ARC contend the… Read More
Harris Blackwood - The Gainesville Times Date: 10/29/2008 Could stakeholders along the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river basin come together and solve the 18-year-old impasse over water between Georgia, Florida and Alabama?That’s the question a federal mediator is trying to determine in a series of meetings that began Wednesday in Buford.Brian Manwaring of the U.S… Read More |
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The Federal Government has been improving navigation along the Apalachicola River since the early 1800's. Between 1828 and 1831, the Corps of Engineers removed obstructions from the river to provide for shallow draft vessel traffic. In 1874, the project was modified to provide for improvement of the Apalachicola River to secure a channel 6 feet deep at low water and 100 feet wide throughout its length. Passage of the 1945 River and Harbors Act authorized a 9 by 100 foot channel to be constructed on the Apalachicola River, the Chattahoochee River segment to Columbus, Georgia and the Flint River segment to Bainbridge, Georgia.
In 1953, a resolution was adopted by the House Committee on Public Works for the development of the ACF River Basin. The Walter F. George,George W. Andrews and Woodruff Lock and Dam - Lake Seminole projects were authorized for navigation, power generation and stream flow regulation. Recreational facilities at the lakes were authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1944. The lakes have been operational since 1963. Jim Woodruff Dam was the initial project of the authorized plan for improvement of the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers in Florida, Georgia and Alabama. The Jim Woodruff Dam is located on the Apalachicola River about 1000 feet below the confluence of the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers which unite to form the Apalachicola River, and is at the Georgia - Florida State line. It is approximately 3200 feet up stream from the U.S. Highway 90 Bridge over the Apalachicola River and is visible from the bridge. The dam is accessible by road and is located approximately 1 mile northwest of Chattahoochee, Florida.   
Quick Info About Lake Seminole
- River: Chattahoochee
- Area: 37,500 Acres - Shoreline: 376 Miles - Length: 30 Miles - Vol: 367,320 Acre Ft. - Drainage: 17,150 Sq. Mi. |
