Trail Fees for Dawson Forest effective January 1, 2012 will be $75.00 Annual Permits and $7.00 Daily Permits. This increase/change was decided by City of Atlanta this week. Annual Permit applications will be accepted by DNR beginning December 10 for next calendar year. Tony Page – Forester RF Georgia Forestry Commission Dawson/Paulding Forest Project 4500 [...]
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Here is a list of Georgia House of Representatives who serve on the Game, Fish and Parks Department: rick.jasperse@house.ga.gov, jon.burns@house.ga.gov, rick.austin@house.ga.gov, sharon.beasley-teague@house.ga.gov, elly.dobbs@house.ga.gov, tommccall@bellsouth.net, jason.shaw@house.ga.gov, rbruce5347@aol.com, jimmy.pruett@house.ga.gov, jason.spencer@house.ga.gov, pam.dickerson@house.ga.gov, david.knight@house.ga.gov, martin.scott@houes.ga.gov, caw@centurytel.net Here is a list of the Georgia House of Representatives that serve on the Natural Resources and Environment Committee! Let your voices be [...]
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Have you visited our state parks lately? My wife and I, along with the Cherokee Saddle Club, took a trip to Watson Mill State Park for a weekend trip. There were 16 of us using the onsite cabins, and we had five people who had rented camper sites for the weekend. We had been notified [...]
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As we alerted you this past Tuesday, U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (Okla.) pushed to eliminate dedicated funding for the Transportation Enhancements (TE) program in the proposed six-month extension of our federal transportation bill (“SAFETEA-LU”). TE is the nation’s largest funding source for trails, walking and bicycling. After tens of thousands of supporters like you from [...]
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This is a special “Thank You” to our dedicated volunteers who maintain the Dry Creek Trail System and the nearby regional Pinhoti Trail. The Back Country Horsemen of Northwest Georgia (BCHNWG) hosted a trail maintenance workday on a very hot July 30th. This was a collaborative effort where the Northwest Georgia Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association [...]
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NOTICE: Berry College trails are once again open to the public. Individuals are advised that using the property for recreation has always been, and continues to be, at their own risk. Due to on-going cleanup from the major storm in late April, and subsequent smaller storms during the summer, users are advised that trees and/or [...]
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Dawson Forest (City of Atlanta Tract) will be closed Monday August 1st through Friday morning August 5th. The South Gate will be reopened at roughly 8:00 am Friday morning. This is related to the annual closure period and unless something drastic changes, the first week in August will be the annual closure period for the [...]
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On June 25th, 2011, officials with the U.S. Forest Service opened the 26-mile Dry Creek Trail System, a meandering series of loops for horseback riders, cyclists and hikers in the shadow of Johns Mountain. The $450,000 trail was paid for primarily by federal stimulus dollars and grants. It will be maintained by Northwest Georgia Backcountry [...]
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June 22, 2011: The price for a yearly pass at Dawson Forest Atlanta Tract is being hiked from $50 to $100! Find out what the situation really is and what you can do about it.
Grand Opening Event Planned for National Forest’s Dry Creek Trail System Chatsworth, GA — The USDA Forest Service announced today the grand opening of the 26-mile Dry Creek Trail System on the Chattahoochee National Forest in northwest Georgia. After several years of planning, new trails were built from the ground up to create a safer, [...]
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