Gov. Deal Appoints Water Wars Lawyers

Troops are being mustered by Governor Nathan Deal, leader of Georgia’s army in the Water Wars. Governor Nathan Deal and Attorney General Sam Olens announced the appointment of special assistant attorneys general to defend Georgia in the most recent water-related lawsuit that Florida has filed in …

ACF Stakeholders Responds to FL’s Water Wars Lawsuit

A group known as the ACF Stakeholders, with an administrative office based in Albany, Georgia, distributed a press release urging Florida’s Governor Rick Scott to withdraw his most recent lawsuit in what is commonly called, “The Water Wars.” The ACF Stakeholders’ mission, according to the …

FL Governor Hopes Whines Will Turn into Water

Florida’s Governor Rick Scott hopes his whining will produce water.  That’s the only reasonable explanation why he has filed another lawsuit in the Water Wars with Georgia. Floridians are demanding water from Lake Lanier to feed their slimy friends (the oysters) in Apalachicola Bay.  Citizens of …

Aqualand: Marina or New Name for Lake Lanier?

Aqualand Marina on Lake Lanier bills itself as “the world’s largest inland marina.” OK, I can deal with that.  Not like anyone we know owns a bigger marina.  We have a more important issue. The weather. Sorry, but I am so sick of all the rain …

GA DNR’s Floodplain Management Office Newsletter

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 …

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 …

Lake Lanier Association Letter to Gainesville Times

Joanna Cloud of the Lake Lanier Association wrote a letter to the editor of the Gainesville Times regarding the concept of a 1073′ full-pool level of Lake Lanier. We appreciate Joanna’s ideas, clarity and passion expressed so well, and the willingness of the Gainesville Times …