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Savanah River lakes about to come under assault
Rich Stern wrote:
Rep. Charlie Norwood of Georgia's 9th congressional district, has introduced a bill (HR 2753, link below) to have the Army Corp of Engineers cede federal lands above the full pool line of Lakes Hartwell, Russel and Strom Thurmond to the local counties. IMO, bad idea. (In the interest of full disclosu I own a lakeside cabin adjacent to land managed by the COE) I have been very impressed with how the COE manages lakes. The natural beauty is preserved, inexpensive power gets generated, floods are controlled, reservoirs are maintained, and citizens enjoy many recreational opportunities. An example of a successful federal program that serves it's stated purpose and benefits millions of people. In other words, a rare success. If the local counties in Georgia and South Carolina gain control of this land, it will become a development free-for-all. The local governments have no experience managing this land, and cannot possibly be expected to maintain the balance of interests the COE has done so well for decades. Each county will take a different approach, and the lakes will experience the impact of widely differing policies that will unpredictably impact the local economy, environment, residents and visitors. If you think you might be impacted by this change, I urge you to read the bill and send your comments to Rep. Norwood. Link to the proposed bill: http://www.theorator.com/bills108/hr2753.html Link to Rep. Norwood's House web site: http://www.house.gov/norwood/ -- Rich Stern www.nitroowners.com - The Nitro and Tracker Owners Web Site www.mypontoon.com - The Pontoon Boat Web Site www.fishingreportdatabase.com - The Fishing Report Database www.mysporttrac.com - The Sport Trac Web Site Very interesting post Rich: I am considering getting a small place on Hartwell myself as I am located on hwy85 20 some miles north of Atlanta. And would like to retreat to somthing not as busy as Lanier. The COE does a nice job of keeping lots of public access on Lanier (as you most likely know) This bill is rather interesting and I am suspicious as well that there is not some unspoken development planed. I have only been on Hartwell a couple of times and I liked it a lot. We first started considering looking at properity a couple of years ago and were concerned about some heavey metal contanination that I had heard about at Hartwell. The CEO responded to a email request for information that not only included info on Hardwells history but all of GA and pretty much everywhere that are active. Capt Jack R. |
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