Seasonal & Holidays
Christmas Trees Can Help Bolster Allatoona Fish Habitat
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will open several drop-off points at Allatoona Lake for residents to recycle their Christmas trees.
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Cartersville, GA -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District’s Allatoona Lake Project wants your Christmas trees!
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The agency will provide seven sites to drop off your Christmas trees for the 2015-16 holiday season. Starting Saturday, Dec. 26. all drop-off sites will be marked with signs and flagging tape with utilization.
These seven sites include:
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- Allatoona Operations Project Management Office, 1138 GA Highway 20 Spur, Cartersville;
- Victoria Day Use, 955 Victoria Landing Drive, Woodstock;
- Galt’s Day Use,7299 Rocky Lane, Acworth;
- Sweetwater Campground Overflow parking area, 1400 Field’s Chapel Road, Canton;
- Payne Boat Ramp, 2495 Kellogg Creek Road, Acworth;
- Blockhouse 1 fishing jetty (behind Paw Paw’s Convenience Store); and
- Bethany Bridge Fishing Jetty parking area.
The collected trees will be utilized as part of the Allatoona Lake Fish Habitat Improvement Program, which is a partnership between federal, state, and local governments, as well as several group organizations and businesses.
For more information, call the Allatoona Lake Operations Project Management Office at 678-721-6700.
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