Clyde Morris, the attorney for the Lake Lanier Association, along with the attorneys for the State, metro Atlanta water supply providers, and Gwinnett County, has filed what we expect to be our last brief in Phase 2 of the Tri-State Water Rights Litigation. This brief responded to arguments raised by Florida, Alabama, and other parties regarding the Corps’ operation of the ACF facilities.  At issue is...

The Lake Lanier Association and the other Georgia Parties filed their second brief in Phase 2 last Wednesday, February 10. The brief focused on arguments that had been raised by opposing parties, primarily Florida, in the first round.  In essence, Florida had attacked the Biological Opinion, issued by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which found neither jeopardy to the species protected by the Endangered...

Letter sent to Georgia legislators from the districts around Lake Lanier on January 15, 2010 with copies to the governor, lieutenant governor, federal lawmakers and Corps officials. As the Georgia legislature begins its session this month, the members of the Lake Lanier Association (LLA) ask for your help in protecting Georgia’s finest natural resource. As the Tri-States water wars litigation and negotiations...

Read the Lake Lanier Association’s 2010 updated ACF Water Control Manual Scoping Comments to Corps of Engineers Read the Lake Lanier Association’s 2008 ACF Water Control Manual Scoping Comments to Corps of Engineers Many Lake Lanier Association members participated in late 2008 in public meetings conducted by the Corps as part of the Environmental Impact Statement scoping for the upcoming Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint...

Forsyth County Commissioner Patrick Bell is holding a town hall meeting Monday, Jan. 11 at 6:30 p.m.to discuss the future of the park and the county’s ongoing litigation with the Army Corps of Engineers and the YMCA. The meeting will be held in the Commissioners Meeting Room (Suite 220) in the County Administration Building located at 110 E. Main Street in Cumming.

The Association’s attorney, Clyde Morris, along with attorneys for the State, the Atlanta Regional Commission, Gwinnett County, and several metro area governmental water supply providers, filed a Motion for Summary Judgment late Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Jacksonville. The motion challenges the Corps of Engineers’ Revised Interim Operations Plan for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF)....

Dear List Members, Below for your information is a link to an article in today’s AJC about the Lake Lanier Association’s (LLA) involvement in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) Stakeholders.  The LLA’s involvement is in addition to our intervention in the Tri-States litigation assuring that we are participating in the legal process. To join the Lake Lanier Association or to donate...

Read full statement for “Corps to revise scope of Environmental Impact Statement  for updated Water Control Manual for ACF Basin” here.

Beginning in 2006, the Lake Lanier Association has advocated raising Lake Lanier’s year-round full pool from 1071 to 1073 feet above sea level as a way of accommodating North Georgia’s water supply storage needs. Because of the recent rains, we expect the Lake may reach 1073 within the next 24 hours.  If you live on the lake, we want your input on whether, and how, the current raised level is impacting...

Notice of Meeting on possible Northern Connector Routes Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 10 a.m. Georgia Mountains Center, Gainesville Dear List Members, We have received an email from the Lake Lanier Community Preservation Association, which is a newly formed group of neighbors committed to sustained involvement in matters impacting North Hall and Lake Lanier. They have asked us to share information on this...