The Stubborn Staying Power of the Alewife Herring

The Stubborn Staying Power of the Alewife Herring Among the rich natural resources that attracted humans to New York’s harbor was a small migratory fish the colonists called the alewife or sawbelly. As these river herring crowded into spawning creeks every spring,...

WBLA Annual Spring Meeting

WBLA Annual Spring Meeting The Watts Bar Lake Association will hold it’s annual Spring Membership meeting on Thursday March 16th at 6:30 pm. All new and renewing members are welcome and encouraged to attend. Jeff Caldwell with Friends of Claytor Lake will be our...

WBLA asks, Dr. Brett Hartis of TVA answers

Dr. Brett Hartis, Program Manager for Aquatic Plants for TVA answers questions from Janice Moody-Vice President of WBLA Janice Moody: What percentage of Watts Bar Lake is now covered with invasive weeds? We understand that TVA has not updated their “grey scale map”...