On Wednesday, June 26, 2013, while performing his routine duties at the Lower Overlook area of Buford Dam Park, US Army Corps of Engineers Park Ranger Perry Wright was shot in the torso by a woman from Woodstock, GA, named Qiana Moore. Ms. Moore apparently took her own life while sitting in a vehicle in the parking […]
Additional information has been given to LakeAllatoona.com by Gwinnett County’s Public Information Officer Cpl. Jake Smith regarding in the shooting of an unarmed park ranger around 10 PM, Wednesday, June 26, 2013, at Lake Lanier’s Lower Overlook section of Buford Dam Park. After police in Gwinnett County received an emergency call about the shooting around 10:15 […]
Bad news from Lake Lanier. An emergency call was received by authorities at about 10:15 PM, Wednesday, June 26, 2013, of a shooting at the Lower Overlook area of Buford Dam Park on Lake Lanier. A federal park ranger is recovering following surgery for a gunshot wound suffered after approaching a black woman in a pickup […]
The board of Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources met on Tuesday, June 25, 2013, at Georgia Southern University and chose to make fundamental changes to the structure of its organization. The DNR reorganized its Wildlife Resources Division (WRD), effective Monday, July 1, 2013. Five former departments will be consolidated into one — the Law Enforcement Division — […]
You see an alligator while strolling around McDuffie County. Your little yippy dog wants to take it on, tooth to tooth. You are determining your chances of survival and, in spite of your mother in law, you decide to save your life and run away. Then what do you do? You call Georgia’s Department of […]
The official Memorial Day holiday weekend statistics for incidents in Georgia have been released by Melissa Cummings of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Law Enforcement Division. These figures include information for the entire weekend, Saturday, May 25 through Monday, May 27, 2013. The winner of the most odd police report was the damage incurred by a […]
Unless you can prove you have a bigger one in your backyard, we’re going to believe the City of Acworth and Shoreline Entertainment, LLC, when they say the world’s largest inflatable water slide is located at Dallas Landing Park. This sucker is huge: 36 feet high and 175 feet long — about the same size as […]
A Department of Natural Resources officer confirmed with LakeAllatoona.com that a boating accident took place around midnight on Friday night, May 24, 2013, on Lake Lanier near Old Federal Park. Two people were injured when their Sea-Doo jet boat was heavily damaged after being struck by a boat that left the scene after the accident. […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) at Lake Allatoona has news for hunters. Beginning with the 2013/2014 hunting season, a $20 special activity fee will be assessed for hunting on certain Allatoona Lake lands. This fee is necessary to offset increasing costs in administering the program and for some future improvements of wildlife habitat. Hunters […]
Rangers from the Wildlife Resource Division of the Department of Natural Resources enforce laws that keep us safe and protected. Their latest Law Enforcement Report provides interesting details what they do on our behalf: Multi-state and federal investigation, arrests in illegal bear hunting case, Operation Something Bruin – White County, Rabun County 19 Officers certified as […]