Need
Help With Your Lake? Here's where to start:
Learn
to assess the state of
your lake.
Click
here to learn about how citizens can assess and monitor their own
lakes through
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Find
a professional
lake specialist.
Click
here to check out
businesses that are members of Georgia Lakes Society. The
Aquaculture Unit of the University of Georgia and the Habersham
County Extension Office also maintain list of "pond consultants".
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Organize
with others who share your interests.
The Lake
Homeowners Alliance is a non-profit organization formed to unite
Georgia's lake
community associations and to provide lake community
associations with tools and training. Also, if you are not
already a member, join GLS today!
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Ask
an expert.
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In the mean time, you might try our message board at http://mail.georgialakes.org/.
When you get the login page, hit the guest link. The E-mailbox
name is "gls". Your
username is
"guest" and the password is "password". Ignore the big Access Denied message. Click
on the discussion board link on the left sidebar.
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Investigate
further.
There is wide world of lake-related resources on the web. These links will
help you get
started.
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GLS
news
and events:
- The
Legislative Monitor: For
news on legislative issues in Georgia concerning water and the
environment, visit our Members
Only Page to download current and past issues of The
Legislative Monitor.
- Lake-Related Conferences:
- The 2007
GLS Annual Conference was held on Saturday, October 6 at the Clayton County J.W.
Smith Center (143 North Bridge Rd, Hampton, Georgia
30228) on beautiful J.W. Smith Reservoir. Click on
these
links for more details on the location/topics
and the program.
Click here to
see photos from the conference.
- The
8th Annual Georgia River Network Conference (Working Together
for Clean
Water) is Friday, February 22 and Saturday, February 23, 2008 at Berry
College, Rome, Georgia
- The
NALMS Affiliate Florida Lake Management Society will hold its
annual conference in conjunction with the Southeast NALMS Conference in 2008.
The dates are Tuesday, June 3 through Thursday, June 5
at the beautiful Sandestin Resort in the fabulous Florida
panhandle.
- The 21st Annual National Conference
Enhancing the States' Lake Management Programs: Building Partnerships
for Improved Fisheries and Lake Water Quality is April 29 - May
2, 2008 at the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza in Chicago,
Illinois. Click
here for more info about this conference and other NALMS events.
- The 28th International Symposium of the
North American Lake Management Society is November 11-14, 2008
at Château Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. Click here for
more info about this conference and other NALMS events.
- GLS has now
formed a strategic alliance with the Lake
Homeowners Alliance (LHA), newly established non-profit
organization formed to unite Georgia's lake community associations.
Check out the Lake Homeowners Alliance website!
- Take part in the Great
North American Secchi Dip-In. The
Secchi Dip-In is a demonstration of the potential of volunteer monitors
to gather environmentally important information on our lakes, rivers
and estuaries. The concept of the
Dip-In is simple: individuals in volunteer monitoring programs take a
transparency measurement on one day during the weeks surrounding Canada
Day and July Fourth. These transparency values are used to
assess the transparency of volunteer-monitored lakes in the United
States and Canada.
- Minutes from the GLS Board of Directors
Meetings
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About the
Georgia Lakes Society:
Georgia
lakes, ponds,
and wetlands are in trouble. Many of these lakes and ponds have
problems
with excessive weed and algae growth, turbid water, or heavy
sedimentation.
Some have problems with bacterial or toxic contamination. Wetlands that
protect lakes are being destroyed. Solutions for these problems are not
readily available. Lake management efforts by lake associations,
homeowners,
and concerned citizens have been hampered by lack of hands-on
experience.
In the past, there has been no statewide forum for the exchange of
information
on lake management strategies. To address these needs, representatives
of lake associations, state and local governments, professionals,
academics,
conservation agencies, and interested citizens have banded together to
form the Georgia Lakes Society (GLS).
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