July 4th Weather Forecast

Sunday afternoon, June 30th, I decided to stay home and not ride my motorcycle, as I did all day Saturday. The weather radar said the coast was clear.  Sure, there were thunderstorms in little green, yellow and red blotches around Georgia, but this is summertime.  …

DNR Consolidates Rangers into Law Enforcement Div.

After meeting at Georgia Southern University on Tuesday, June 25, 2013, the board of Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources voted to make significant changes to its organizational structure. Specifically, the DNR has reorganized its Wildlife Resources Division (WRD), effective Monday, July 1, 2013.  Five departments will …

Stacey Dickson: Lake Lanier’s Answer Lady

Winners of the Jeopardy! quiz show know less about Lake Lanier than our friend, Stacey Dickson. Stacey is the president of the Lake Lanier Convention & Visitors Bureau.  She is simply perfect for that influential position. Could Stacey correctly respond to this Jeopardy! question? This …

Will the Corps ‘Divest or Lease’ Parks on Lake Lanier?

There was a time when the word “budget” brought to mind folks who were poor and couldn’t afford goods and services that the rest of us took for granted. Now, if you’re not on some sort of budget you’re probably headed for financial doom when your …

GA DNR’s Floodplain Management Office Newsletter

The latest edition of The Index has been released by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Floodplain Management Office. This informative newsletter will be especially interesting to those who pay attention to the issues surrounding the Upper Chattahoochee River Basin (UCRB) Project. The UCRB Project is …

Southern Living Loves Lake Lanier (Of Course)

Southern Living Magazine chose wisely. Our own Lake Lanier was listed among the 20 best lakes in the South in one of their recent editions. Are we surprised Lake Lanier made the list?  Heavens, no.  Are we surprised they mentioned all the other, lesser, lakes?  …

Lake Lanier Association’s Annual Meeting

The Lake Lanier Association (LLA) is a nonprofit advocacy group whose goal is to keep Lake Lanier clean, full and safe. LLA’s 1,700 member households and businesses, representing over 3,000 individuals, promote community education and awareness about the state of Lake Lanier and what can be done …

Rainfall, Lake Lanier & Shoichi Yokoi

People!  Listen up! Stop praying for rain for Lake Lanier! For now, anyway.  We’ll call you when we need you next time. I mean, we’re all thankful.  Don’t get me wrong. But enough is enough.  We are a foot over SUMMER full pool and now …

Four Campgrounds on Lake Lanier Reducing Hours

Four of the six full-service camping areas on Lake Lanier will be operated part-time during the 2013 season, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District.  These parks will be open four days per week: Bolding Mill Van Pugh South Duckett Mill and …