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...

Prior to yesterday’s congressional meeting on the tri-states water litigation, we sent the email below to both Congressman Deal and Congressman Lewis with copies to Senator Chambliss’ and Senator Isakson’s office.  We have also requested a meeting with the congressmen to discuss the importance of recreation in any re-authorization of Lake Lanier’s purposes. We will keep you updated on...

All the Shore Sweep dumpsters are finally picked up, and we are pleased to announce that the 500-600 volunteers who braved the rain on Saturday, September 19, collected 28 tons of trash from Lake Lanier. Volunteers in Dawson County collected 9 tons of trash, and they began their efforts of locating and transporting the debris and foam two weeks before Shore Sweep. Capt Rick Marton and his crew, along with Marine...

Lake Lanier Association working with ACF Stakeholder group The Lake Lanier Association is involved with the newly formed Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint  (ACF) stakeholder group, ACF Stakeholders, Inc. which recently  incorporated in the state of Georgia. The U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, an independent federal agency established by Congress to assist parties in resolving environmental,...

Corps announces 14 Days Remaining for Lottery

It was a significant victory for us that Judge Magnuson did not rule against recreation as an authorized purpose, as Florida and Alabama had argued.  However, he did say that unless the Corps obtains authorization from Congress for the water supply levels currently being supported, it must return to “baseline operations of the mid-1970’s” at the end of three years.  Not only do we disagree...