The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) – Allatoona Lake Project Office
will provide six (6) Christmas tree drop-off sites for the 2014/2015 holiday
season. The six (6) sites include: Victoria Day Use, Galt’s Day Use, Sweetwater
Campground Overflow parking area, Payne Boat Ramp, Blockhouse 1 (behind
Paw Paw’s Convenience Store) fishing jetty and Bethany Bridge Fishing Jetty
parking area. All drop-off sites will be marked with flagging tape and utilization
may begin December 26, 2014.
The trees collected will be utilized as part of the fish habitat improvement
program, a partnership between federal, state, and local governments, as well
as, several group organizations and businesses. Also, please check the Bartow
County website for tree drop off locations set up by Keep Bartow Beautiful and
turn that Christmas tree into fish habitat. For more information, please call
Jacob Albers at 678-721-6700.