Celebrating our Nation’s Independence with the 2022 edition of the Lake Athens Patriotic Ski Parade…

UPDATE:  On September 16th, 2020, the Athens Municipal Water Authority (AMWA) issued the following press release confirming a second infestation of Giant Salvinia on Lake Athens:

“ATHENS, TEXAS – On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week the biologists from the Aquatic Habitat Enhancement team with Texas Parks and Wildlife conducted a comprehensive vegetation survey of the shoreline of Lake Athens.

It has been confirmed that small amounts of Giant Salvinia have been found on Lake Athens. TPWD is currently formulating a treatment and containment plan.

The Athens Municipal Water Authority will release more details as TPWD confirms further information.”

The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department posted a news release on February 21, 2018 stating that the extremely invasive, non-native plant, giant salvinia, had been found in multiple locations near the Lake Athens Marina boat ramp.

From the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department news release of February 21, 2018: Read More →

Are there mountain lions around Lake Athens? According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department website, they have “records of mountain lions occurring in every county of Texas except for the northernmost counties of the Panhandle.”

We were contacted recently by LAPOA member Brad Reid, who told us about a nearby neighbor, Coy Dulaney, who captured an image on his game camera not long before Christmas that Read More →

CALL TO ACTION! – March 27th, 2017

We need your help!  We want to strongly urge you to TAKE ACTION in support of Texas Senate Bill 715 – Relating to municipal annexation (a.k.a., the Texas Annexation Reform Act), by writing to your State Senator TODAY!  The bill is currently in the Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations.

As you know by now, the City of Athens has a bullet item in their 2017 Strategic Map stating, “Develop and implement an Annexation Plan focused on a) Lake Athens ETJ b) Primary Corridors and Loop 7”. Read More →