Our friends at Keep Forsyth County Beautiful could use your help for a few hours on Saturday, November 3, 2012. You’re invited to join their team of volunteers who happily clean lake, river and wetland locations around Lake Lanier. The 2012 Rivers Alive Cleanup will bring …
Category: Parks
Stalk Your Family at Uncle Shuck’s Corn Maze
Promotional materials call Uncle Shuck’s Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch in Dawson County a “20-acre agri-tourism complex.” Sheesh. Don’t let that city-slicker lingo keep you away from a good-old time down at the farm. Hayrides (kissing optional), a corn maze that Lewis & Clark would …
Delayed-Harvest Trout Streams Open November 1st
Christmas arrives early in North Georgia for trout fishermen when five delayed-harvest streams open. John Lee Thomson, Wildlife Resources Division Trout Stocking Coordinator, said “Trout streams are designated as seasonal, year-round or delayed harvest, with different streams offering varying populations of rainbow, brown and brook …
Lake Lanier: How low can you go?
The Army Corps of Engineers has announced it will increase the amount of water released from Lake Lanier, due to continuing drought conditions here and downstream. For the past several months, the Corps has made releases sufficient to meet minimum flow requirements. No rain is forecast for the …
Fall in GA: Moonshine, Pumpkins & BBQ
Snowed yesterday in Denver. New England is bracing for another “Perfect Storm” caused by Hurricane Sandy. Winter will take its first whack at us on Sunday. There’s only one way to prepare … PARTY!!! Last weekend we had Gold Rush Days in Dahlonega. That’s like …
Lake Lanier Legislative Caucus Meeting
The Lake Lanier Legislative Caucus met at the Northeast Georgia History Center in Gainesville on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 3 PM. The meeting of the newly formed group was open to the public. The Republican State Senator from Buford, Renee Unterman, skillfully directed the meeting, …
Payback for Heroes Is … A Picnic
Emergency responders, law enforcement officials and Protectors of Lake Lanier were given a hero’s welcome on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at Buford Dam Park, near the headquarters of the Army Corps of Engineers on Lake Lanier. The Partners in Public Service Appreciation Luncheon was a …
Dahlonega’s Gold Rush Days — October 20th & 21st
Gold Rush Days returns to Dahlonega the third full weekend in October each year. This year, Gold Rush is October 20th & 21st. Fall colors are peaking nearby … so the journey will be as delightful as the destination. I don’t want to tell you …
Road Atlanta’s Petit Le Mans
The Petit Le Mans begins on Saturday, October 20, 2012 at Road Atlanta. The race covers a maximum of 1,000 miles — approximately 394 laps — or a maximum of 10 hours, whichever comes first. In addition to the overall race, teams of two or three …
Peak Foliage Color Hits North GA Parks
Here’s the news Leaf Peepers have been waiting for! AMICALOLA FALLS STATE PARK — October 18, 2012 — WE ARE AT PEAK. Everywhere you look you will see wonderful color, whether you’re hiking our trails, driving up to the lodge or campgrounds, or sitting on …