Sweep the Hooch Cleans Don Carter State Park

Once a year, Trout Unlimited and Chattahoochee River Keepers round up volunteers to pick up trash left behind by irresponsible miscreants who believe that’s the way the world should work. At the risk of “enabling” slobs, more civilized citizens went into the woods to carry out …

Rivers Alive Honors Lake Lanier’s Joanna Cloud

According to its website, Rivers Alive is Georgia’s annual volunteer waterway cleanup event that targets all waterways in Georgia, including streams, rivers, lakes, beaches and wetlands. The mission of Rivers Alive — a Georgia Environmental Protection Division Outreach Program — is to create awareness of and …

“Sweep the Hooch” Cleanup on April 12th

In April of 2013, more than 550 volunteers scoured the banks of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area and Chattahoochee Bend State Park to pick up other people’s trash.  They removed almost 7,500 pounds of junk that had been carelessly tossed away and left for others …

Lanier Striped Bass Coalition: Scale Collections

Our friends with the Lanier Striped Bass Coalition tell us April 2014 is a scale collection month. Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources Biologist Patrick O’Rouke and Fisheries Technician Chris Looney asked Lake Lanier striper anglers and fishing guides to assist them in managing the Lake Lanier …

“Friends of Gulf Darters” Seeks to Buy Lake Lanier

A previously unknown group calling itself “Friends of Gulf Darters” believes it is in the best interests of Florida, Alabama and Georgia to end their decades long battle for water from Lake Lanier by selling Lake Lanier to the Friends of Gulf Darters for $1.00. …