But the tests don't affect all of the water in the lake. "The lake, basically, isn't closed," Hamrick explained. "The standards are not as stringent on the rest of the lake, and TCEQ monitors the ...

After the dam went up, Caddo Lake, 30 miles west of Lake O’ the Pines, nearly disappeared. In the early aughts, the Northeast Texas Municipal Water District, which manages Lake O’ the Pines ...

Lake O’ the Pines and Ferrells Bridge Dam, in eastern Texas, will soon mark its 70th anniversary since ground was broken and construction began in January of 1955.

The environmental effects it’s going to take on that lake is going to be devastating. It will be a disaster,” Willie Dobin, a resident who lives near Lake O’ the Pines, said. People like Dobin, who ...

More miles of protected area for wildlife and smaller public recreation spaces are proposed for the Lake O’ the Pines shoreline under what would be the first substantive management plan ...