Lanier’s Legislative Caucus Meets Dec 15th

Debra Sparks Charnote — Legislative Assistant to Senator Jeff Mullis and Senator Renee Unterman — invites you to the Lake Lanier Legislative Caucus Public Hearings that will be held on Saturday, December 15, 2012. The most recent forum took place at City Hall in Cumming on Monday, December 3, …

Nights of Lights 2012 Discount for LLA Members

Our friends at the Lake Lanier Association (LLA) serve our community all year long.  We owe them a debt of gratitude for their efforts to keep the lake safe, pure and full. We’re happy to announce that LLA is offering the members of its not-for-profit …

Bolling Bridge on Route 53 to be Resurfaced

Teri Pope, our friend at the Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT), informed lakelanier.com that about $43 million will be spent statewide to improve the safety and functionality of bridges, among other priorities. Five new or rebuilt bridges are among 14 Georgia DOT construction efforts commencing …

Boat Dock Permits on Lake Lanier

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Deputy Public Affairs Officer Lisa Parker says the Mobile District approved policy changes to Lake Lanier’s Shoreline Management Plan regarding community docks. Lisa Parker said “The decision sets a deadline for community dock permittees of undeveloped communities owners to provide required documentation …

Lake Lanier is Going Down the Drain

Ten days ago we reported that the water level of Lake Lanier had dropped by 16 inches during the previous week.  On November 16, 2012, the lake’s level was an even 1,059 feet — a dozen feet below full pool. Today, November 26th, the lake …

Drought Monitor Report

You’ve heard of the Weather Feather, right? They’re easy to make.  Just suspend a feather outside your window and make your own weather forecast. Here’s how: • If the feather moves … it’s windy. • If the feather is wet in the morning, it’s dew.  …

Thanks from lakelanier.com

Happy Thanksgiving! There have been hard days and nights on Lake Lanier this year. Not everyone who came to the lake to enjoy fun times with family and friends returned home afterward.  We grieve with those who grieve. We live, work and play in one of …

Lake Lanier Drops 16″ in One Week

Much has been written about Lake Lanier dropping by 6″ per week. That’s bad enough, but if the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Peachtree City is to be believed on this website, Lake Lanier dropped by 16″ between 7 AM on November 9th …

Georgia Water Coalition’s 2012 Dirty Dozen Waterways

The annual “dirty dozen” waterways list has been released by the Georgia Water Coalition (GWC). The Ogeechee River heads the list for a second year in a row.  That’s where a textile manufacturing plant’s toxic discharge led to the death of some 38,000 fish in May 2011. …