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SAVE LAKE LANIER'S WILDLIFE AND THIRSTY HUMANS -- FORGET THE UGLY FLORIDA MUSSELS!

4Water Watch:  Tracking Georgia's Water Crisis 4Lake's low means it's high time for cleanup 4Lake Lanier hits lowest point since its construction in the 1950's - 11/19/07    Water levels hit 1,052.64 feet on Monday night, surpassing record set in 1981 - AJC 4Cumming to dredge Lake Lanier for Forsyth residents 11/21/07

Above -- beautiful Lake Lanier before the drought - Brown's Bridge - Hall County -- Slow the Flow! -- PLEEEASE! More News Articles at Bottom of Page - click here to advance to articles     Click on following links to advance:     § Photos in        Shoal Creek Area § Buford Dam Area § Tidwell Park §Thompson Creek    Park § News Articles § Aqualand Marina     § Van Pugh Park § Holiday Rd.   at Lanier Isles § History of the Lake § Drastic Action § About Sidney    Lanier        Click here to send us your suggestions for a solution to this grave problem.  The best suggestions will be posted on this web page. Please give your name   and city and a little something about yourself.   Read responses from visitors to this website . . .   4Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle discusses his three-tier plan to relieve drought gripping North Georgia 11/19/07 Yes, there are other issues besides the Florida mussels surrounding this water release problem; however, look at the following photos and follow Dusty Duck's editorial comments.   Lake Lanier now has beaches galore! The ongoing effects of Georgia's historic drought are seen in the rapidly receding water and expansion of the sandy shoreline in this Nov. 15 photo. by Robert Morris -- Slow the Flow! -- click on thumbnail photos to enlarge                 November 21    Tidwell Park and Boat Ramp                 Forsyth County on                  Pilgrim Mill Road            Last Ramp Still Operating Very crowded on Nov. 21 since this is the last ramp still in operation at the lake -- and one of the two ramps here are closed.      Above: Boats are lined up to access the one ramp. The lonely loading dock is easily 20   feet away from the lake. Prior to the severe drought and the continued excessive release   of water this dock extended into the lake. Extensive sand bars and receding waters can be viewed for miles at Tidwell Park. All of this white sand was once under water.      Dusty ducks are singing the blues!    Back to top      Shoal Creek Boat Landing Area - Buford all photos below by Bettye Chambers November 2007 Click on thumbnail photos to enlarge    11/20/07   Shoal Creek Boat  Ramp will be shut    down on Wed.  morning, 11/21/07. It  was one of only two  boat ramps still in  operation. The other   one is at Tidwell Park.  A traffic jam occurred  late Tuesday after-  noon at Shoal Creek   with trucks and boat  trailers waiting in line  to use the last work-  ing ramp in the  area. click on thumbnail photos to enlarge    Above:  Loading dock is now over 15 ft. from water's edge. A Park    Ranger was present to help with the excessive boat loading traffic.      There was not a vacant parking spot when I arrived. We have lived    here for 14 years and have never seen this much traffic at the boat    ramp area.   :    Scenes from Shoal Creek Camp Ground  "Hope Mama finds some food!" Back to top 11/11/07 Above Second photo: This private dock was once in the water. This is the area where we live, and our property values are suffering while sales are at a dismal low.  Many thanks to the liberal environmentalist wackos who place more value on the mussels down in Florida than the human beings up here who are suffering.  When was the last time that you ate a Florida mussel?? I cannot remember ever even seeing one, and I was born and grew up in Florida. Below: Buford, Hall county - The 2007 drought has closed off all boat ramps at Lake Lanier except this one and Tidwell. This loading dock at Shoal Creek boat ramp is more than 15 feet from the water's edge. Scenes from the Buford Dam Area - November 11, 2007 Gwinnett and Forsyth Counties   -- Slow the Flow! -- Above photos 2 and 3: Scenes from the lake side of Buford Dam -- looking at the lake water entering the dam.  Above first photo -- water flowing into Chattahoochee River just below dam. Cars passing over   Dam Road. Passengers cannot believe what they are seeing!     "Please stop releasing our water!"     Left: Shoreline of lake as seen from drive over Buford Dam Road. Soon this will be called the Beach at Lake Lanier. Lake related businesses including the Buford Dam Store in Gwinnett County and many marinas are suffering and closing down. Is it really worth all of this to save the mussels in Florida? Daily news warns us to conserve water in our homes and businesses since we may be running out in a few months.                                                       Please feed the ducks! Back to top Below: Scenes from Little Ridge Area near Buford Dam - Forsyth Co. -- 11/11/07   -- Slow the Flow! --   "Our family needs more water in  our Lake Lanier home! Help us PLEASE!"     Back to top Below: Scenes from Thompson Creek Park in Dawsonville, GA 11/16/07   Thompson Creek Park has a huge sandbar in the middle of the lake. It is so high and dry that it would be possible to walk on dry land to the opposite side of the lake.    Dusty Duck - a hungry and very dry duck appears to be lost and dazed. Fishing is bad in mud holes Back to top See Dusty's hungry and very dry friends   Left: Lonely dusty ducks looking for food in the dry sand which was previously covered with water.  Seems that I could hear  Dusty Duck saying, " Why are they taking all of my water for those ugly nasty mussels way down in Florida. We are a lot prettier and more lovable than they are." New slogan of the day -- SAVE LAKE LANIER'S WILDLIFE AND THIRSTY HUMANS --  FORGET THE UGLY FLORIDA MUSSELS! -- Slow the Flow! -- Below: Scenes from Van Pugh Park on Gaines Ferry Road Flowery Branch, GA -- 11/16/07   1. 2. 3. 4. First Photo: Van Pugh Park looking toward Cumming and Sawnee Mountain. Exposed huge sand bar extends across to the next island. This had been completely covered by water.   5. 6. 7. "My last    fish!" # 4 - 6: Former boat ramp is totally dry. This boat ramp has been closed indefinitely. Back to top -- Slow the Flow! -- Scenes along Holiday Road at Lanier Islands Hall County 11/18/07   Lanier Magical Nights of Light "How Dry I Am!"   Above are scenes at Holiday Marina and the area across the street from the Marina.  All of this area is down by about 17 feet from normal. The marina businesses along this road are really hurting. However, that does not seem to matter as long as the precious mussels down in Florida receive all of our water that they need.     Back to top       It's Time for Drastic Action in Georgia! (Football fans will appreciate this one.)                                             by Rick McKee of the Augusta Chronicle Back to top News Articles on Lake Lanier 4Lake Lanier at record low and still dropping - 11/20/07 Gainesville Times Water panel says drought recovery in God’s hands 4Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle discusses his three-tier plan to relieve drought gripping North Georgia 11/19/07 Yes, there are other issues besides the Florida mussels surrounding this water release problem; however, look at the above photos and read Dusty Duck's editorial comments. 4Aerial Views of Lake Lanier in November 2007 - AJC 4Lake Lanier Revealed --  AJC Photo Essay 4Lake Lanier at lowest level in more than 20 years -- read article 4Atlanta May Have to Drink the Dregs 4Lake Lanier ebbs to historic low - 11/17/07 4Drought Week in Review - 11/17/07 -- Slow the Flow! --   "Please keep our water so we will have a place to live!  We Do not want to move to Fla. " Click here to read about the history of Lake Lanier and Buford Dam with photos of the construction Back to top   Right Webs 2 Go by Bettye