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National Public Lands Day

The U.S. Forest Service will let you wander in the woods of the Chattahoochee and Oconee National Forests for free on Saturday, September 28, 2013, as part of the 20th annual National Public Lands Day. It might be rough to leave Lake Lanier for a day, …

Lake Lanier’s Shore Sweep 2013

The weather will be perfect for this year’s Shore Sweep — 75 degrees and sunny. The folks from the Lake Lanier Association need help scouting out the shoreline in advance of the big day, Saturday, September 28th. If you are available to drive your boat …

Lake Lanier’s Shore Sweep is on September 28, 2013

Lake Lanier Shore Sweep

Volunteers all around Lake Lanier are talking trash!  Trash removal, that is. They’re part of Shore Sweep 2013, when tons of trash and debris are removed from Lake Lanier and its shoreline. The 25th Annual Shore Sweep takes place on Saturday, September 28th from 8 …

Right to Hike’s Ella’s 5K & Fun Run: 10-19-13

Our friends at Right to Hike, Inc. hope to see you at their 6th Annual Ella’s 5K & Fun Run, presented by Georgia’s Own Credit Union. This year’s event will be held on Saturday, October 19, 2013, beginning at 9 AM at the Gwinnett Environmental and …

Record Longnose Gar Caught on Lake Lanier

Almost every time I went out on Lake Lanier to catch bass with my friend Don Poole, the world’s worst fisherman, I would hear him yell (in a Southern accent that Goober couldn’t understand), “GAR!!!GAR!!!” At first I thought it was some kind of genetic …

Historic Sportscar Racing at Road Atlanta

Here’s your big chance to blow the dust off your old car and go racing! No, you cannot race your old beater, but it might get you all the way to Road Atlanta, not far from Chateau Elan in South Hall. This weekend, September 19-22, 2013, …

Don Carter State Park’s Opening Ceremony 9-16-13

Monday, September 16, 2013, is going to be a wonderful day. When was the last time you took the day off, went to a glorious park and hung out with the likes of Georgia’s Governor Nathan Deal and the wonderful man who had Don Carter …

9th Annual Fall Horse Camp

Some kids like dolls and some kids like to play in the mud, but the coolest kids like to ride horses. Lake Lanier Islands invites all the cool kids to the 9th Annual Fall Horse Camp scheduled during Thanksgiving school vacation: Monday — Wednesday, November …

Update: Construction on New “Clarks Bridge”

  Thirteen years ago, preliminary engineering studies began on the project to replace Clarks Bridge over Lake Lanier where the Chattahoochee River flows into the lake at State Route 284/Clarks Bridge Road near the Olympic Rowing Venue not far from where I once hit a …

Lake Lanier in World Championship Races

It took 16 years for the Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club to produce it’s first Olympian in Tim Hornsby who competed at the 2012 Games and is racing this weekend at the 2013 ICF ParaCanoe World Championships in Germany. New USA Canoe/Kayak Sprint High Performance …