I have good news and I have bad news. First, the bad news. All your old links to Lake Lanier’s Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Web pages are toast. Broken. 404. Vaporized and otherwise lost. Sorry. Here’s the good news! The USACE has updated …
Category: Hunting
February’s Events in North Georgia
There is about a zero chance of February being a bleak, wintery month if you’re willing to get outside and head to one of the fabulous state parks in North Georgia. If you can’t talk a friend into going with you, come anyway. You’ll meet …
Gun Safety Seminar in Gainesville
Like it or not … buy a gun or not … there are lots of guns owned by people who don’t have a clue how to load, unload, clean or fire deadly weapons. That’s not a pretty picture. According to the National Instant Criminal Background …
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, …
Public Forums Shape Future Hunting Laws
Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources would like your input before they finalize hunting regulations for the next several years. Eight public meetings are scheduled to discuss the development of hunting laws for the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 hunting seasons. All citizens — not just hunters — …
Freaked Out Deer
You’re minding your own business in the forest. You hear a twig snap. You stop. You wiggle your ears and your fluffy white tail. Then you hold still and wait… When you’re sure it was a false alarm and all is safe –BLAM!! — the …
Peak Foliage Color Hits North GA Parks
Here’s the news Leaf Peepers have been waiting for! AMICALOLA FALLS STATE PARK — October 18, 2012 — WE ARE AT PEAK. Everywhere you look you will see wonderful color, whether you’re hiking our trails, driving up to the lodge or campgrounds, or sitting on …
Lanier’s Sawnee Campground Is Open All Winter
Ranger Andrea Wagner, Army Corps of Engineer’s campground manager for Lake Lanier, has good news for us. For the first time, one of the lake’s campgrounds will be open all winter. Sawnee Campground, near Buford Dam, will remain open from now until Sunday, March 24, …
Fun Stuff for the First Weekend of Autumn
Kiss summer goodbye and give autumn a big hug. Celebrate the end of too hot weather and seriously bad hair days. There are a million cool ways to have fun, but if you’re wondering what to do we have a few suggestions. Living Dead Dash …
GA’s 2012-2013 Waterfowl Regulations
Waterfowl hunting regulations for 2012-2013 have finally been approved by Georgia’s Board of Natural Resources. “Georgia’s waterfowl regulations maximize the hunting opportunity within the frameworks set by the United States Fish & Wildlife Service,” said Greg Balkcom, state waterfowl biologist for the Wildlife Resources Division. …