This week marked the start of a new front in the tri-state water wars: Lake Allatoona. In late July a judge in Florida ruled that Georgia had no consitutional right to the water in Lake Lanier. Now Alabama is asking a judge to say the same thing about Lake Allatoona. U.S. District Court Judge Karon […]

While the focus of the tri-state water wars is on the Chattahoochee River basin there is talk of Alabama trying to deal with the water that flows into the Coosa, Tallapoosa and Alabama rivers simultaneously. This area includes Lake Allatoona and so there is sure to be some horse trading going on behind the scenes. […]

Submitted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service More than a dozen cities and counties surrounding Lake Allatoona in northwest Georgia, working with federal and state partners, have created a development plan to protect threatened and endangered darter fish in the Etowah River and its tributaries, including the Conasauga River.  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife […]

Cherokee County officials have passed an ordinance, establishing new rules for all-terrain vehicles and creating a maximum $1,000 fine for violators. The measures were requested by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers who have had problems with ATVs around the lake. Nearby homeowners also have been upset. One man complained that as many as 50 […]