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Coalition
forming to fight water releases from Lanier
By Pamela A. Keene
here’s a movement afoot to put together a formal,
powerful, coalition to fight for higher water levels on Lake Lanier,
Lakeside has learned.
The coalition of stakeholders and civic leaders is
being formed to assist Georgia in its ongoing challenges from
Florida and Alabama regarding the amount of water released from
Lanier. In its formative stages, the group has met several times
over the past couple of months to determine its objectives and
structure, as well as its mission.
“An announcement should be forthcoming in the next
few weeks,” said a source involved in the group’s formation who
spoke on condition of anonymity.
High-level stakeholders representing several business
and civic organizations hope to raise enough funds to intervene in
court proceedings and to commission studies that will also challenge
the assumptions of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and demonstrate
the economic impact that Lanier has in Georgia and how it has been
harmed by low lake levels.
A second source described many in the group as being
high-powered figures not only on a local level but regionally as
well.
The group will likely apply for 501 (c) 3 status so
that it can raise tax-exempt funds.
Lakeside will continue to pursue this potentially
dramatic development involving the ongoing challenges facing the
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