The US Forest Service office in Gainesville, in conjunction with the Greening Youth Foundation (GYF), is recruiting young people ages 15-19 for a summer Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) crew. YCC provides meaningful employment, job skills and educational opportunities through outdoor projects focused on managing natural and …
Category: Hiking
Bear on the Square Mountain Festival ~ April 19-21, 2013
Last year’s Bear on the Square Mountain Festival in Dahlonega, GA, was a blast. The celebration of all things mountainy was celebrated by thousands of fellow mountainy stuff lovers. Pictures from 2012’s Bear on the Square Mountain Festival For the 17th year, Dahlonega is doing …
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 …
Pictures from Byron Herbert Reece Farm & Heritage Center
The Byron Herbert Reece Farm and Heritage Center is a pleasant drive from anywhere near Lake Lanier. Hop in your vee-hickle and head north on Route 129. After you make it up to Blood Mountain, go down the hill past Vogel State Park; the center …
Byron Reece Farm & Heritage Center Reopens
Byron Herbert Reece spent his life farming and writing in North Georgia on land his family farmed for generations. Reese was fortunate enough to attend high school and college. Later in life he became a published and respected poet and novelist. His most prolific years were between 1938 and …
GA Approves Appalachian Trail Tags
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) collected the 1,000+ applications required to ask the state of Georgia to approve a specialty license plate honoring the Appalachian Trail (AT). ATC’s request for revenue sharing from the sale of the vehicle tags required new legislation: House Bill HB-104. Thankfully, the Georgia House of …
Memories & Photos from Dahlonega Trail Fest 2013
The showers came and crowds didn’t, but that didn’t rain on the Dahlonega Trail Fest 2013 parade. The delightful weather nullified any fear of sunburns, heat stroke and spontaneous combustion. Sure, warmer weather, less rain and more folks to share it all with would have been …
Jobs Available at Lake Lanier Islands
Lake Lanier Islands (LLI) is the closest thing Atlanta has to Disney World. LLI’s 1,500-acre playground takes a lot of work — and a lot of workers — to run right. To join the hard-working crew at Lake Lanier Islands, apply for work during their …
lakelanier.com on Twitter
Are you as suspicious as I am when you’re invited to sign up for something online? I’m always worried that both the dollars in my bank account will go missing or that my cell phone videos of me frolicking with movie stars will go viral. …
Dahlonega Celebrates the Appalachian Trail
The volunteers who have planned the 2013 Dahlonega Trail Fest (Friday, March 22nd — Sunday, March 24th) have done a fabulous job. Want proof? Click Here for the Trail Fest Schedule Updates from the Dahlonega Trail Fest’s Facebook page [click here] have been frequent and helpful, …