http://www.skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/2006/07/11/tannic-tainted-water-runs-into-the-pristine-lake-phelps/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tannic-tainted-water-runs-into-the-pristine-lake-phelps Hunting, Outdoor Photography, Wildlife, Fishing Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/2006/07/11/tannic-tainted-water-runs-into-the-pristine-lake-phelps/#comment-85 Moose Droppings » Update on Lake Phelps Thu, 13 Jul 2006 03:01:58 +0000 http://www.skinnymoose.com/moosedroppings/?p=76#comment-85 [...] The tannic run off into Lake Phelps has been stopped.  The state has made it clear that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service was clearly to blame for this problem.  Excerpt from an Email I received late today from the Raleigh office of the State Parks;  We discovered that for a few days in June, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was redirecting water from the Pocosin NWR into Lake Phelps (in Pettigrew State Park) for flood control (rather than their usual practice of diverting it to the south.) [...] [...] The tannic run off into Lake Phelps has been stopped.  The state has made it clear that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service was clearly to blame for this problem.  Excerpt from an Email I received late today from the Raleigh office of the State Parks;  We discovered that for a few days in June, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was redirecting water from the Pocosin NWR into Lake Phelps (in Pettigrew State Park) for flood control (rather than their usual practice of diverting it to the south.) [...]

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