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
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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 Alliance of Lake
Homeowners 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.
Send us an email at gls@georgialakes.org
If we can't answer your questions, we
will make an effort to pass your
questions on to other experts within the
society.
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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:
- GLS Board
meeting
- GLS
position paper on the propose
Shoal Creek reservoir: Georgia’s recent drought,
along with the Federal Court
ruling over water supply
withdrawals from Lake Lanier, has
spawned a number of alternative
water supply reservoir proposals.
Private
companies and the Etowah Water and
Sewer Authority in Dawson County
want to construct a 1,221-acre
reservoir on Shoal Creek, in the
Dawson Forest Wildlife Management
Area (WMA). The
Georgia Lakes Society opposes the
Shoal Creek Reservoir proposal for
a number of reasons (see
our position paper).
- Coming
this year: Lake University!
Stay
tuned for more information
- Lake-Related
Conferences:
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- Protect your
shoreline: EPA's
Office of Water launched a new Web
clearinghouse of Lake Shoreland
Protection Resources, http://water.epa.gov/type/lakes/shoreland.cfm,
which provides practitioners with
links to key resources to protect
and restore fragile lake shorelands
and to promote better stewardship by
lakeside property owners and others
who recreate on lakes. The
clearinghouse, which includes links
to fact sheets, webcasts, videos,
and other helpful resources for
lakeshore protection.
- GLS has now formed
the Alliance of Lake
Homeowners (ALH), newly
established to unite Georgia's
lake community associations.
Check out the Alliance's
website!
- 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.
 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.
- News from Georgia Lake Associations:
- Lake Oconee - Rivers Alive on
Lake Oconee volunteers collected
3,400
pounds of trash and
debris were removed from the lake
environment at the cleanup
event
on
October
16.
Great
work! Click
here to see the pics.
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About the
Georgia Lakes Society (formerly the "Georgia Lake
Management 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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