Operation Dry Water is now in effect on Lake Allatoona. Rangers from GA’s Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division are taking part in Operation Dry Water – a nationally coordinated effort over the weekend of June 28-30, 2013 — to reduce the number of accidents and fatalities related to boating under the influence (BUI). The […]
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 — […]
Robert Eidson’s Lake Allatoona Fishing Guide Report is provided by First Bite Guide Service of Lake Allatoona. When you’re ready to catch stripers and hybrids, contact Robert at 770-827-6282 or by e-mail: [email protected]. Line-side fishing is great! The fishing this week is the same as last week. Change nothing!!! The fish are in their summer […]
Time now for another edition of the Department on Natural Resources’ Law Enforcement Report — also known as “Bad Boys in the Woods.” Rangers enforce all kinds of laws, including those covering fish and game. Good thing too. If they didn’t our forests and public lands could become as dangerous and uncivilized as Detroit. This […]
One family swimming on Saturday, June 22, 2013, at Red Top Mountain State Park had quite a scare. According to Georgia Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement (DNR) Sgt. Mike Barr, Bartow County EMS personal responded to a call around 1:20 PM about a three-year-old girl floating face-down in about six-feet of water. The girl’s mother was on […]
The identity of the drowning victim on Lake Lanier has been identified. Sunday afternoon, June 23, 2013, the GA Department of Natural Resources informed LakeAllatoona.com of the drowning death of a man on Lake Lanier. Authorities now say that the victim was Mr. Lindy James Murdock, age 33, of Bass Street in Atlanta. An enjoyable day with family and […]
Friends, there is hope! Teri Pope, GA’s Department of Transportation’s Wise Woman, has announced plans that make so much sense that you’ll be inspired. Ready? Government Speak: The DOT will restrict construction-related lane closures beginning at noon, Wednesday, July 3rd through 5 AM on Monday, July 8th. Which, being translated, means: The DOT won’t shut down July 4th […]
You snooze … you lose. Sorry, but our friends at the Army Corps of Engineers based at what they call Allatoona Lake — what we call Lake Allatoona — have bad news for those of us who didn’t plan far enough ahead. As of Friday afternoon, June 21st, all the campsites for *all* Lake Allatoona […]