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Our friends with the Green Mountain Club (GMC) in Vermont have some life-saving tips about hiking the Appalachian Trail and the Long Trail that can help us too, when we hike during hunting season in the vicinity of Lake Lanier. I especially liked GMC’s suggestion not …
Rick Lavender of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources provided this preliminary boating information report to lakelanier.com. This report contains statewide statistics and has specific totals for incidents on Lake Lanier over the Labor Day holiday weekend, August 31-September 2, 2013. Statewide Drownings – 1 Boating …
Friday, August 23, 2013 was one of the nicest days in ages to be on Lake Lanier — especially for the unveiling of 20 navigation lights that have been placed on the lake. The solar-powered lights provide a visual warning about hazards in the lake to nighttime …
Summer has returned to Georgia, just in time for the Labor Day weekend — when everybody will head to Lake Lanier. A spokesman for Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources, Lt. Col. Jeff Weaver, says, “While the Labor Day holiday weekend is not typically as busy …
The first of 20 solar-powered lights have been placed on existing hazard markers on Lake Lanier, under a pilot program from the Lake Lanier Association (LLA). I know what you’re thinking. “Solar powered? On Lake Lanier? This summer? Hahahah!” Sure, rain-powered lights would make more …
Sgt. Stephen Wilbanks, public information officer for the Hall County Sheriff’s Office, is seeking help from the media and the public in their effort to solve the year-old murder case of Gainesville High School student, Hannah Truelove. Hannah was found murdered on August 24, 2012, behind …
Saturday, July 20, 2013, has been designated by our fun-loving governor Nathan Deal as Pirates Day on Lake Lanier in honor of our favorite scalawags — the hosts and sponsors of the Pirates of Lanier Poker Run. Our pirates are proper Southern gentlemen and ladies worthy …
There are not many times when getting a score of zero means you win. That’s the case with the Fourth of July Holiday boating statistics report from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division. Statewide in 2012, there were no drownings and no other fatalities. …
Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division encourages you to make safety a priority this Fourth of July holiday. “We understand the urge to celebrate during the holidays. But, do not let the excitement of being out on the water deter you from your responsibility …
Travis Williams is an attorney. That’s probably the worst thing you could say about him. Mr. Williams is a public defender in Hall County, Georgia. That’s probably the worst thing you could do to a lawyer. Public defenders have so many cases, so few resources …