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. …
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An Opinion: The Illusion of Abundant Water
Where to begin? We peruse and scour global media to find stories that relate to Lake Lanier and those who appreciate all it offers. We cover legislative meetings, tragic accidents, cool places for burgers, water parks and idyllic spots to camp. We surf the Web …
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, …
Rainfall Raises Lake Lanier
It’s hard to believe that a duck could live through all the blessed rainfall we had on Sunday, September 30, 2012 and Monday, October 1st. Lake Lanier’s water level rose by 1.33 feet between Monday morning, October 1st and Tuesday morning, October 2nd. The official rainfall …
Garbage In, Garbage Out of Lake Lanier
Shore Sweep is the one day each year that more garbage comes out of Lake Lanier than goes in. The Lake Lanier Association gathered 1,000 volunteer angels to comb the lake for all types of trash, flotsam, garbage, jetsam, junk, litter, refuse and unwanted material …
Lake Lanier’s Shore Sweep FAQ
Lake Lanier Association’s Executive Director Joanna Cloud helped lakelanier.com compile Frequently Asked Questions about Shore Sweep 2012. Joanna and her cadre of Lovers of Lake Lanier make the lake better for us all. If you can pitch in for an hour or two on Saturday morning, September …
Lake Lanier Shore Sweep — 9-29-2012
Shore Sweep 2012 is Saturday, September 29th from 8 AM until 1 PM. That’s the day hundreds of volunteers will scour Lake Lanier for garbage, trash and junk to be thrown away at the lake’s marinas, Lake Lanier Islands, Clarks Bridge Park and at War Hill …
Taste of Gainesville Pictures
Only one thing could have improved Saturday night’s Taste of Gainesville: $100 bills falling from the sky. Perfect doesn’t adequately describe the evening. The combination of fabulous food, the world-renowned Olympic rowing venue on Lake Lanier, glorious weather and scads of fun people … added up to a better-than- …
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 …
Lake Lanier Water Levels
Lake Lanier was just about 10′ below full summer pool as of 7 AM, Monday, September 17, 2012. Thankfully, heavy rain in our region will help, but the US Drought Monitor indicates Hall County is in an area of moderate to severe drought, with portions of …