Helen, Georgia, has been named an official Appalachian Trail Community™ by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) — the official guardian of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, commonly referred to as the Appalachian Trail (AT). The Appalachian Trail Community™ program recognizes places that promote and protect the Appalachian …
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Angel Tree Lighting at Magical Nights of Lights
Light up your life at Lake Lanier Island Resort’s 20th Annual Magical Nights of Lights and help the Edmondson-Telford Center for Children (ETC) — a non-profit agency in Gainesville dedicated to providing hope to victims of child abuse — at the same time. On Saturday, December 1, …
Arnold Schwarzenegger Filming on Lake Lanier
Our friends at the Lake Lanier Convention & Visitors Bureau informed lakelanier.com that Arnold “I’ll be back!” Schwarzenegger is filming his next movie on the shores of Lake Lanier. No, they don’t want us to co-star. I think they’re only letting us know so we …
Talks on Olympic Rowing Venue’s Future
Newspapers from Gainesville to San Francisco are reporting about meetings between City of Gainesville leaders and our friends at the Greater Hall County Chamber of Commerce about reinvigorating the site of the 1996 Olympic Rowing Venue on Lake Lanier. In the Gainesville Times newspaper’s online edition, …
Lake Lanier Drops 16″ in One Week
Much has been written about Lake Lanier dropping by 6″ per week. That’s bad enough, but if the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Peachtree City is to be believed on this website, Lake Lanier dropped by 16″ between 7 AM on November 9th …
Georgia Water Coalition’s 2012 Dirty Dozen Waterways
The annual “dirty dozen” waterways list has been released by the Georgia Water Coalition (GWC). The Ogeechee River heads the list for a second year in a row. That’s where a textile manufacturing plant’s toxic discharge led to the death of some 38,000 fish in May 2011. …
Veterans Day Thanks & Activities
My father, James W. Sutherland, valiantly served our nation during World War II as a B-25 pilot. My parents got married when Dad got a 24-hour pass. After that, they lived in basement apartments and someone’s garage, just to be together. America endured rationing, shortages, separations, …
Blairsville Plays Appalachian Trail Movie
We hope you’ll join us this Friday evening, November 9th, in Blairsville as the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) presents the National Geographic film America’s Wild Spaces: The Appalachian Trail as part of their 2012 membership drive. All proceeds from this limited engagement benefit the protection …
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 …
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 …