02Oct
HemlockFest will be held November 4-6 just outside Dahlonega at Starbridge Sanctuary. It is an family event featuring three days of live music, primitive camping, educational exhibits, arts and crafts vendors, a Kid’s Nature Village, rustic living demonstrations, great food, and free canoeing. In its seventh straight year the festival strives not only to entertain but to educate people of every age about the crisis affecting hemlock trees. For more info: www.LumpkinCoalition.org or call (706) 867-5157.
01Oct
The article by Atlanta Business Chronicle staff writer, Dave Williams, is reprinted here because many of you request info on what’s happening with the reservoirs. It may be years before a new reservoir is created, but it is important to keep up with the various moves and the players. Emily
RESERVOIR PLANS GET BOOST IN NORTH GEORGIA: A new state law has reinvigorated plans for a new reservoir on a North Georgia site owned by the city of Atlanta. Two competitors presented plans recently to the Dawson County Commission for a reservoir on up to 2,200 acres of the 10,130-acre Dawson Forest property the city bought in the early 1970s as a potential site for a second airport. Continue reading »
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