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Category Archives: Recreation
Accounting for the basin’s smallest stakeholders
For much of the year, we concentrate on stakeholders living on or around our three reservoirs along the Savannah River Basin. However, for a short period each spring, our focus shifts to the residents in those reservoirs.
Posted in Fish and Wildlife, Recreation
Tagged Army Corps of Engineers, fish spawning, flood control, flood storage, Hartwell Lake, hydropower, J. Strom Thurmond Lake, Lake Hartwell, lake levels, Lake Thurmond, rainfall, Russell Lake, Savannah River Basin, South Carolina, spawning, spawning season, Thurmond Lake, US Army Corps of Engineers, USACE
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Thurmond opens registration for National Public Lands Day
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Thurmond Lake is seeking individual and group volunteers for its annual cleanup campaign on National Public Lands Day, Sept. 29, 2018.
Corps of Engineers to hold public open house on fish passage at lock and dam
Local residents will have an opportunity to learn more about the ongoing analysis of the fish passage construction at the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam on Tuesday, June 26 in Augusta, Georgia. The informational open house will be led … Continue reading
Stay safe this weekend
Heading into the busy Memorial Day weekend, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, along with the U.S. Coast Guard, would like to remind everyone to stay safe by wearing a life jacket whenever you’re in and around the water. As … Continue reading
Posted in Recreation, Uncategorized, Water Safety
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The great outdoors is calling
Although the temperatures have been capricious to say the least in the past few weeks, now is the time to get outside.
Posted in Recreation
Tagged Army Corps of Engineers, campgrounds, day use, day use areas, fishing derby, Hartwell Lake, J. Strom Thurmond Lake, recreation, Richard B. Russell Lake, youth hunt
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Corps uses grass-eating carp to tame hydrilla at Thurmond
SAVANNAH, Ga. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin stocking sterile triploid grass carp to reduce the abundance of hydrilla in the J. Strom Thurmond Lake Oct. 25 and will run through Nov. 15.
Thurmond Lake’s pet (rock) project
SAVANNAH, Ga. – If you haven’t been living under one, you may have noticed some brightly colored rocks around your town lately. The rocks are part of a recent phenomenon in many cities with a common goal: Brightening another person’s … Continue reading
Fall is prime time for camping in Ga., S.C.
**Updated Oct. 13 to reflect user comments (Thanks, Georgette Thompson!)** As recreation season winds down, fall is here, er … mostly, so it’s a perfect time to make plans and get the family together to enjoy the cooler weather. Though … Continue reading
Recovering from the Great American Eclipse
After all the hubbub, hoopla and hype surrounding last week’s cosmic spectacle, I think I’ve developed a case of post-eclipse ennui.
As the summer heats up, exercise caution
SAVANNAH, Ga. – More public recreation fatalities occur in July than any other month, so we’re asking you to play it safe while on, in or near the water.
Posted in Recreation, Water Safety
Tagged 2017, Army Corps of Engineers, boating safety, CO2, drowning, Joe Melton, July, recreation, Savannah District, swimming, water safety
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