Max, Fluffy, Spot and Sasha are welcome to join you and other dog owners in Georgia’s state parks this summer. That way you’ll both get some exercise and have fun outdoors … in addition to having quality time together. Camping What could be more fun …
Category: Parks
Southern Living Loves Lake Lanier (Of Course)
Southern Living Magazine chose wisely. Our own Lake Lanier was listed among the 20 best lakes in the South in one of their recent editions. Are we surprised Lake Lanier made the list? Heavens, no. Are we surprised they mentioned all the other, lesser, lakes? …
Learn to Row, Row, Row on Lake Lanier
There’s more to rowing a boat than effortlessly floating gently down your average stream, although that’s a fun way to spend a few hours with a favorite friend or two. Rowing is one of the most elegant of Olympic sports. Teams — called “crews” …
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 …
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 …
American Collegiate National Championship Regatta
First of all, I’d like to apologize to our friends at the Lake Lanier Rowing Club for not posting this story earlier. But … there’s still time to enjoy a huge event out on Lake Lanier’s Clarks Bridge Park at the site of the 1996 …
Boating Tips for Holiday Weekends
Tip #1: Don’t Drink and Drive — Cars or Boats Those new laws governing blood alcohol limits while operating motor vehicles in Georgia — including boats — are now in effect. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources and TEAM Georgia remind you to refrain from …