Outdoor News Daily

Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division law enforcement officers have recovered the body of Ira Braitsch (age 64), of Lawrenceville from the Chattahoochee River in an area just south of McGinnis Ferry Road in Suwanee. Braitsch had been missing since Sunday, March 7, 2010 when the aluminum jon boat capsized while he was boating with a friend, Michael Boyle. Boyle, (age 67) also of Lawrenceville, was rescued on Sunday and taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta. He is currently still in the hospital.

The response and search effort included personnel from the following agencies: Gwinnett County Fire, Forsyth County Fire, Johns Creek Fire and the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Rescue teams were able to locate and recover the boat on Sunday about three-quarters of a mile south of McGinnis Ferry Road. Firefighters and DNR Officers continued to search and exhaust all resources to find the missing boater, including utilizing sonar devices provided by Forsyth and Gwinnett water rescue teams. The search was terminated at approximately 6 p.m. on Sunday, with the scene turned over to DNR officials.
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Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the appointments of 19 individuals to the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council, an advisory panel created in 1993 to advise the Secretary on nationally significant recreational fishing, boating and aquatic resource conservation issues. The announcement was made on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. at the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation reception for members of Congress.

“This council plays a vital role in exploring ways to increase boating and angling participation, particularly youth participation, while conserving our precious aquatic resources” said Salazar. “The wealth of experience and expertise offered by both returning and new council members is impressive and their efforts will most assuredly enable us to reconnect more people with boating, fishing and the natural world.”
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Boating season is just around the corner and The Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division would like to remind boat owners to make sure that their vessels have a current registration.

Renewal registrations and duplicate vessel registrations can be done online, by phone or by mail. New boat registrations and transfers must be completed with the mail-in application due to required supporting documents.

“The most current information on how to register a boat – and what method you need to use, whether it is online, by phone or by mail – is available on our Division website at goboatgeorgia.com,” says Capt. Mike England of the Division License and Boat Registration Unit.
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Five boater safety home-study courses have been added to the list of available classes, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.

Participants must register by the deadline to receive home-study materials, then attend a class to review and take a test.

The classes are:

March 27 Hastings Police Department, 317 S. Burlington, 9 a.m.-noon, register by March 13.

March 27 Kearney, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission District VI office, 1617 1st Ave., 2-5 p.m., register by March 13.
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