The Traditional Christmas Eve Flood

Christmas eve has been high water for the last three years and probably many more if I had kept track. At normal levels you can just walk to the big rock and watch kayakers paddle by. It's a bit high today but several paddlers were out there.

Zebra Mussels in Cherokee Lake...This is more than NOT Good

They are about the size of an adult male’s thumbnail, and their shells remind one of the letter “D”, with its alternating light- and dark-colored stripes earning the small mollusk the name Zebra Mussel.
Most folks have probably never seen one, or even if they have, would never think that such a tiny creature is a threat, but officials with the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency are not only familiar with the critter, they’re downright worried about the potential damage Zebras can do to the state’s rivers and lakes.

Discovered some time ago in Norris Lake, the Zebra Mussel has now been positively identified in Cherokee Lake

http://www.therogersvillereview.com/news/article_009b4bb2-8ae1-11e4-9e61-73dcade7fefa.html

Where the bald eagles come from....

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