The following is a quote from a recent Grapevine submission of a current board member. 

In the coming months, you will see great strides in setting up a consortium of local, state, and federal officials whose sole aim will be to improve the D'Olive Creek watershed and our lake. Your President, Henry Lawson, and others have already begun the work of assembling this consortium."  

Perhaps, our President might like to contact these folks who participated in the last such consortium.  Maybe they'll have better luck this time.  These pictures are from a "lake meeting" that took place in July of 2003.

A gentleman from a Mobile Bay environmental group.

Meeting topic

I believe this gentleman was a representative of the Governor's office.

Baldwin County was represented

Unlike some who talk the talk, B.T. Cocke was walking the walk on the lake before he joined the Board of directors

Mary Jo Carelli was a member of the Board of Directors at the time

Maybe Mrs. Baxter from the Corps of Engineers will come back.  The last time, it seems like she said that they could start a study on the problem for about a million dollars.

I don't remember what ADCNR stood for, but they also were represented by Mr. Birch.

What's a good lake meeting without someone from the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM). This is Mr. Carlton.

The last time ADEM helped us, we were fined at the project site, where we were digging the dirt out of the lake, for not having a proper silt screen.  WE WERE DIGGING THE DIRT OUT OF THE LAKE!

Ken Eslava. the City of Daphne Public Works Director was there.  Ken is trying, but he needs help from the City Council.

Ed Kirby was working on the lake problem for the board back then, too.

Malcolm McPhee was the board president at the time.

NRCS was there.  Mr. Morris told us that the sandy soil in this area would always be a erosion problem for our lake.

Mr. Roach from U.S. Fish and Wildlife was there.

Congressman Randy Davis was there too.  He has a record of getting things done for his district.  He is an important player in solving Spanish Fort's bluff problem.

Don't remember what SARPC stood for, but Mrs. Sanchez was there representing them.

Bob Underwood has always been interested in finding a solution to the lake problem.  He lives on it.