The Tri-County Lakes Administrative Commission is taking a closer look at sedimentation that is slowly been encroaching into Smith Mountain Lake with the formation of a work group tasked with getting a better grasp of the issue.
The Smith Mountain Lake Association is looking to the public to help fund an increase in monitoring on the lake to more quickly find and identify harmful algal blooms as well as increased safety programs to decrease boating incidents.
The Tri-County Lakes Administrative Commission hosted a public meeting for Smith Mountain Lake residents at Eastlake Community Church in Moneta to gather input on Appalachian Power s Shoreline Management Plan that is currently under review.
The Tri-County Lakes Administrative Commission will be hosting a community meeting this Thursday to discuss the currently ongoing review of Smith Mountain and Leesville lake s Shoreline Management Plan.
Tri-County Lakes Administrative Commission voted to delay action on a proposed no-wake zone in a section of Merriman Run on June 21. The delay was to get clarification on a proposed no-wakesurfing zone last year in the same location hat was denied by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources.