Hi there, I  hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable summer. I wish it could last longer. As the fall comes and brings the lake season to a close, I would like to give a big welcome to new members of WBLA and a big thank you to members who continue to renew their memberships.

Our Directors really came through for WBLA. They pulled off a bust and productive year - Thank you! We started the year with our Spring Clean-up, which pulled a record 13,500 pounds of trash from the lake. This was 2,500 pounds more than 2023, which was a record-setting year as well. Pictured above, you will see several of the Directors, TVA, and TWRA volunteers at the Chuck Copeland Kids Fish Free Day in June.

If you missed the Spring Meeting - then you really did miss it! We had Darrell Guinn from TVA River Level Control as a presenter on just how TVA manages the levels of 49 dams along the TN River Valley. He really had the attention of the crowd. Those of us present were really engaged and left feeling very appreciative to TVA and all the work they do on the TN River System. We hope to have him back.

The Fall Membership Meeting will be held on September 28, 2024, at the Methodist Church in Spring City. We will have check-in and membership renewals starting at 5:30 p.m. The voting for Board of Directors positions will start at 6:00 p.m., with our annual meal to follow. The presenter will be RJ Moore of TVA Nuisance Animal Control. He will be addressing how TVA balances keeping the electric grid in good shape while dealing with the Osprey and other bird populations on WBL. I sure hope you can make it.

We are always looking for content on the website and Facebook pages. If you have informative or interesting news we would love to hear from you. What would you like to see more of and would you like to get involved as a Director or volunteer? We want you!

As a final note, I want to thank you for your time and interest, as the President of Watts Bar Lake Association, I know there is more we can do together. We can keep the lake clean, influence decision makers who are fighting invasive carp, educating users of WBL to preserve it for generations to come.

Best regards,

Lee Franz

Watts Bar Lake Association President

A Few Tidbits:

Watts Bar Reservoir has 722 miles of shoreline and over 39,090 acres of water surface.

Watts Bar Lake is the second largest lake in TN, second only to Kentucky Lake.

Watts Bar Dam construction began in 1939 and completed in 1942.

Watts Bar Dam is a hydroelectric facility with 5 generating units.

Board of Directors

President - Lee Franz

Vice President - Harry Smiley

Secretary - Matt Murphey

Treasurer - Andrew Esser

Media - Amanda Bortle

Directors:

Amy Murray

Ray Lehrman

George Murphy

Betsy Webb

Peter Giroux

Jon Roberts

Contacts:

WBLA

P.O. Box 956

Spring City, TN 37381

wattsbarlakeassociation.org

Lock Master

(423) 344-3522

Watts Bar Ecology and Fisheries Council

wbefc.com

TWRA

(931) 484-9571