Volunteers needed for Shore Super Sweep cleanups on April 12
The Lake Lanier Association announces cleanups of four locations on Lake Lanier on Saturday, April 12, 2008 as part of its Shore Super Sweep program, an ongoing volunteer program to clean up trash on the shoreline of Lake Lanier exposed due to the low water levels...

Boating License Classes Begin Feb 18th
The Sea Scouts and the Optimist Club are teaching their annual Boating Course starting Feb 18.  This class is designed for those 10-18, but all are welcome....

Updated: Mary Alice Park Development, a Bad Deal for Taxpayers
Out of this deal a private corporation gets exclusive use of 117 acres of public land, new roads, water and sewer pipes run to their facility, what do the taxpayers get?...

Lanier Lifestyles Township? - It Could Happen
Organizers of the homeowners group known as "Lanier Lifestyles" are proposing the idea of becoming a township. The group, currently engaged in a legal battle over the future of Lanier Golf Course, is responding to rumors that the City of Cumming might attempt to annex the area into the City...

Corps of Engineers "Adopt a Ramp" and "Coffer Dam" Projects
The United States Corp of Engineers has been working with the private sector to work on ramps around Lake Lanier. Many ramps out of the water now are being repaired by the Corp. As the water rises this spring, many ramps will reopen a lot sooner as a result of the work the Corp has done...

Local Wakeboarder Wins US Championship
Ten-year-old Hayden Fike of Cumming was awarded the title US Wakeboarding Champion in his age class at last month's INT US Championships...

Public Water Forum Monday at 6:30pm
A panel of experts including  Secretary of Agriculture Tommy Irvin, State Representative Amos Amerson, Corps of Engineers Michael Lupina, Chattahoochee Riverkeepers Sally Bethea, and Ga. Water Commission Joe Cook will discuss the current drought and water conditions...

An Open Letter to Governor Sonny Purdue
I am sure you know that a reduction in consumption will offer almost no relief to the Lake Lanier situation because the savings is so small compared to the large minimum flows demanded for the Apalachicola River...

Boat Ramps on Lake Lanier Disappearing Fast
If you have a boat in Lake Lanier now, you might want to consider taking it out for the winter while you still can.  According to sources from the Corps of Engineers, at the current forecasted rate of decline, only one ramp will be useable by the middle of November, and none by December 10th...

Letter to Editor: Corps Has a PR Disaster On Its Hands
The Corps of Engineers has  a major public relations disaster on its hands. It has lost the trust and respect of the American people due to its poor leadership in the  New Orleans disaster and the impending Atlanta disaster...

Metropolitan Atlanta Cannot Conserve its Way Out of the Current Water Crisis
Metro Atlanta could not have conserved its way out of the current Lake Lanier crisis if it had reduced its water consumption 20% for the past two years...

Mussels Convenient Scapegoat for Ineffective Politicians
The drought has brought dire consequences: watering bans, the Lake possibly dropping below intakes.  Some predict water rationing, businesses closing, Lanier drying up. How did we reach this unimaginable point?...

Governor Perdue to Visit Mary Alice Park Saturday
Governor Sonny Perdue, will hold a live press conference Saturday at Mary Alice Park in Cumming, regarding to the State of Georgia filing of a court order in the Middle District of Florida Federal Court over the draining of Lake Lanier..

Heavy Storms in Southeast- Rain will Help Ease Exceptional Drought
AccuWeather.com reports that the cold front slicing across the country today will reach the Southeast, a day after tropical moisture sparked damaging storms along the Gulf Coast...

Corps of Engineers Plans to Request Exemption to Save Water
Amid all of the controversy over mussels and the endangered species act, the US Army Corps or Engineers has one option that it has not yet explored - An exemption from compliance with the act..