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 …
Category: Lake Lanier News
Boat Explodes on Lake Lanier
“An antique wooden boat going up in flames,” is how one observer described the scene yesterday, Sunday, June 16, 2013, when a boat exploded and caught fire on Lake Lanier near Buford Dam Park. A caller to 911 also told authorities the boat exploded and began …
Ten Perps Sentenced in ‘Operation Something Bruin’
“Operation Something Bruin,” is a multi-agency initiative focused on the illegal poaching of bears and other wildlife in North Carolina and Georgia. In February 2013, state and federal wildlife officials in North Carolina and Georgia announced the results of a four-year undercover investigation focused on …
Next ‘Boating Safely Course’ on Lanier: July 13th
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 29’s Public Affairs Officer Roy Crittenden told lakelanier.com today that about 180 people have taken their Boating Safely course since February 2013. He is thrilled with that number, but it’s not high enough. Officer Crittenden wants you to take the …
Storm Damage Keeps Sanders Road Closed
Severe storms that whacked areas near Lake Lanier on Sunday, May 19, 2013, are still causing problems. In addition to wiping out the bridge on Stephens Road, not far from Old Federal Park, damage was done elsewhere. Click Here for the Stephens Road Bridge Story …
Motorcycle Racing (& Riding) at Road Atlanta
WERA Cycle Jam returns to Road Atlanta this weekend, June 7-9, 2013. You know you’ll see some of the fastest bikes being thrashed around one of America’s best road courses by people who have absolutely zero sense of danger and who live to thrill …
Wedding Party Takes the Plunge on Lake Lanier
I have to admit that when we first heard of the video showing a wedding party getting tossed in the drink while posing for pictures on a dock on Lake Lanier, we were skeptical. A friend who is a computer guru says such videos are …
Shane Watson Guide Service Report (5-28-13)
The striper fishing has been very good on Lake Lanier since my last report. Our boats have done well on freelined bluebacks, Super Spooks and on Redfins. There are stripers down south in all the usual late spring locations and a few up north in …
Clear Sailing for Memorial Day Holiday Weekend
Melissa Cummings of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Law Enforcement Division provided the official Memorial Day holiday weekend statistics for incidents in Georgia. These figures include information for the entire weekend, Saturday, May 25 through Monday, May 27, 2013. We are thankful there were …
Update: Lake Lanier Boating Accident
Melissa Cummings, spokesperson for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, tells lakelanier.com that an 18-year-old white male, accompanied by his father, went to the Hall County Detention Center to voluntarily issue a “statement of involvement” in the hit and run boating accident that happened on …