Guess it's a done deal with the 1,000 acre lake

Just saw this on their facebook page.

TWRA
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will host a public meeting Tuesday, May 24 to listen to community concerns about the future management of Carroll County 1,000 Acre Recreational Lake. Recent State Legislative action began the process of transferring ownership of the lake from the Carroll County Watershed Authority. Both fishing and non-fishing activities are held at the lake, which was named one of legendary fisherman Bill Dance's Signature Lakes in December 2021.
WHO: Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency leadership
WHAT: Public listening session on Carroll County 1,000 Acre Lake
WHEN: May 24, at 6 p.m.(CDT)
WHERE: Carroll County Civic Center

@cbhunter

RUGER said:

Just saw this on their facebook page.

TWRA
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will host a public meeting Tuesday, May 24 to listen to community concerns about the future management of Carroll County 1,000 Acre Recreational Lake. Recent State Legislative action began the process of transferring ownership of the lake from the Carroll County Watershed Authority. Both fishing and non-fishing activities are held at the lake, which was named one of legendary fisherman Bill Dance's Signature Lakes in December 2021.
WHO: Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency leadership
WHAT: Public listening session on Carroll County 1,000 Acre Lake
WHEN: May 24, at 6 p.m.(CDT)
WHERE: Carroll County Civic Center

@cbhunter

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They are going to get a lot of pushback on the naming of the lake. Dale Kelley (mayor) had worked since the late 70's or early 80's to get that lake built. Now he is in really bad shape. Lot of locals want it named after him and can't say I disagree. He worked hard and relentlessly on his "dream"


Found this pic online. Taken from the lake

plus a lot of the kelley's old homestead are under the lake now and a few others.

cbhunter said:

They are going to get a lot of pushback on the naming of the lake. Dale Kelley (mayor) had worked since the late 70's or early 80's to get that lake built. Now he is in really bad shape. Lot of locals want it named after him and can't say I disagree. He worked hard and relentlessly on his "dream"


Found this pic online. Taken from the lake

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One thing they wanted to make clear at the meeting was that TWRA had nothing to do with the renaming of the lake. The new name came from the Tennessee Assembly....so all of the people that decided the new name of the lake have very likely never even personally seen the lake.

West_Tn said:

One thing they wanted to make clear at the meeting was that TWRA had nothing to do with the renaming of the lake. The new name came from the Tennessee Assembly....so all of the people that decided the new name of the lake have very likely never even personally seen the lake.

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Sounds like the people that dreamed up the duck blind fiasco and the ones that built the blinds.
They never been duck hunting.

I thought it was funny at the meeting a guy asked if they would be using any of the Bill Dance money, or had any plans to build a bigger dock to help with loading and unloading boat. He said right now if two boats are parked at the current one you just have to pull up on the bank as there is not room for any more.

The TWRA guy's answer was "I was actually just out there today, and there is a roof being put on a big new dock at the ramp that looks like it will hold about 8 boats."

Shows you how clueless they actually are. That dock is clearly someone's personal dock being built at the ramp like all the others and will then will be pulled over to the owners house.

Scary to say, but I still think them being in charge of this lake is a good thing though. At least I hope.

Me too man