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The blockwork is up for the 16- by 27-foot building, the roof’s going on soon, and with a little luck, a well will be drilled this summer. Hunters camping at Tuckahoe WMA this fall will be pleased to see a brand new bathhouse in the campground, complete with hot-water showers. This bathhouse was built by…
Long-awaited public access for fishing boats at Bear Creek Reservoir in Jackson County could soon become a reality. The Upper Oconee Basin Water Authority (UOBWA) is designing a boat ramp off Hwy 330 to allow public access for boats with electric motors to the 505-acre reservoir near Athens. Construction could be completed as early as…
In late June, the drought of 2007 was intensifying across Georgia as temperatures climbed into the 90s, and the only rain around was random thunderstorms. Lake levels are dropping, stream flows are slowing and vegetation is turning brown and drying out. The drought is also having an impact on Georgia’s wildlife and may impact your…
The body of a 25-year-old man killed in a boat wreck on Lake Sinclair was found at about 7:10 p.m. Tuesday, June 19 near the scene of the June 9 collision. After 10 days in the water and about 2,000 man hours dedicated to the search by DNR personnel, the body was spotted floating in…
A Walker County teen shot in a turkey-hunting incident on April 4 is in rehabilitation at Shepherd Spinal Center in Atlanta with paralysis to his right arm and leg, as some details of the incident are released by DNR Law Enforcement. Steven Chase White, 15, of LaFayette had accompanied another teen and his father, Dale…
Roughly 425,000 acres, including about half of south Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp, has been blackened due to recent wildfires, the first of which broke out west of Waycross on April 15. “There’s tons of log trucks moving through Ware County right now, and every one of them has some timber on it that’s charred to some…
For the first time in almost two years, a bass has been added to GON’s Georgia’s Biggest Bass of All-Time list. Lenn Chandler of Kathleen caught a 14-lb., 3-oz. largemouth from Dodge County PFA on March 13, 2007, that put him into a three-way tie for the 45th heaviest bass of all time caught from…
Two recent enforcement cases made by Georgia DNR Law Enforcement Rangers underscore how varied their line of work is. Rangers recently made a major drug bust in Ben Hill County and shut down a significant theft operation in middle Georgia. On March 18, DNR Law Enforcement Cpl. John Stokes was on patrol ahead of turkey…
At presstime, a Walker County teen remained in the intensive care unit of Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, Tenn. after being shot in the back of the head with a shotgun in a turkey-hunting incident on April 4, 2007. Steven Chase White, 15, was hunting with a friend and the friend’s father, Dale McCormick, 47, when…
At presstime, more than 1,000 people were involved in a fire-fighting effort that began on Sunday, April 15, just west of Waycross in Ware County. By Wednesday, the fire had spread to the south and southeast and was said to be 12 miles long and three-quarters of a mile wide. The fire has covered 20,000…