In this joyous season, we send our thanks to all our members for their continued generosity and support of our efforts to protect Lake Lanier. With best wishes for a happy holiday season from your board of directors, Jackie Joseph, Val Perry, Paul Flood, Tammy Levi, Wilton Rooks, Roger Bauer, Gerald McCarley, Vicki Barnhorst, Gordon Brand, Jim Hazelwood, Patsy Kilmartin, Casey King, Bev Nicholls and Charlie...

Dear List Members, We want to remind you of the upcoming kick off meeting of the 1071 Coalition at the Legacy Lodge and Conference Center on Lake Lanier Islands at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, December 9th. One of our board officers, Wilton Rooks, vice president of technology programs, is on the agenda and will be a presenter. The Coalition has a single focus on restoring Lake Lanier to at least its current full pool...

Dear List Members, You have until November 21 to submit your comments to the Corps on the rewrite of their Water Control Plan. If you were unable to attend the Corps’ Scoping Meeting in Gainesville on October 29, you may submit your comments on the Water Control Manual Update and Environmental Impact Statement / Chattahoochee – Flint River Basin on the Corps’ Web site until November 21, 2008. Please...

UPDATE: If you were unable to attend the Corps’ Scoping Meeting in Gainesville on October 29, you may submit your comments on the Water Control Manual Update and Environmental Impact Statement / Chattahoochee – Flint River Basin on the Corps’ Web site until November 21, 2008. Please follow the link or send a letter to their address. www.acf-wcm.com. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District....

Dear List Members, Your association has been very busy over the last few weeks meeting with Corps’ officials to discuss lake levels. Meetings with the Corps As you may have read, a delegation of Georgia legislators met on July 9 in DC with the Undersecretary of the Army who oversees the Corps of Engineers and discussed Lake Lanier lake levels and management.  The Lake Lanier Association prepared and...

Dear List Members, Please write to the Corps in support of the Georgia EPD’s request to hold more water in Lake Lanier. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division has sent a letter to the Mobile office of the Corps of Engineers requesting the Corps reduce the minimum amount of flow in the Chattahoochee River at Peachtree Creek in Atlanta by 13% between November 1, 2008 and April 30, 2009.  This will...

Dear List Members, Shore Sweep A reminder that the 20th Annual Shore Sweep is this Saturday, September 27.  We are looking for two more site volunteers for the south end of the lake.  If you are interested in helping, please call the office as soon as possible at 770-503-7757.  All the information on the various sites and the dropoff locations for large items are on our Web site The Lake Lanier Association...

Dear List Members: The Lake Lanier Association will hold its twentieth Annual Shore Sweep on September 27, 2008 at thirteen locations around the Lake Lanier : Aqualand Marina · Bald Ridge Marina Beaver Ruin Rd, Cumming (between 4 YD and 5 YD) Old 53 road bed (north of Lanier Bridge, east side) Clarks Bridge Park · Gainesville Marina Habersham Marina  · Holiday Marina Lake Lanier Islands · Lanier Harbor...

Please join us on Monday, September 22, 2008  for our first Native Plant workshop. (Click here for flyer) The workshop will be held at the North Georgia Community Foundation board room at  615 Oak Street in Gainesville beginning at 6:15 p.m.  Refreshments will be served. Click here for directions. Space is limited to 30 participants, who must register in advance. There is no charge for the workshop, and registrants...

Dear List Members, Your association has been very busy over the last few weeks meeting with Corps’ officials to discuss lake levels. Meetings with the Corps As you may have read, a delegation of Georgia legislators met on July 9 in DC with the Undersecretary of the Army who oversees the Corps of Engineers and discussed Lake Lanier lake levels and management.  The Lake Lanier Association prepared and provided...