DISCLAIMER:

The following is intended for background informational purposes only. All specific information such as court case numbers are available to the public should you wish to learn more. Again, we stress that the below is only intended as documenting how and why The Lake Tara Nature Habitat was formed.

Lake Tara's Nature Habitat is one such case. The case of Lake Tara's Nature Habitat against Michael Adamson (owner of Forrest Homes Inc ). civil case # 05-CV-957-7

Through the Adamson's wheeling and dealing with Clayton counties "good ole boy network" and our county lawyer at the time determined if they let the family quit-claim the property to each other and say it came from the estate of the grandfather then it can be and will be determined private property. So Michael adamson did not need a permit to breach the dam/spillway. Now Michael Adamson is the son of Frank Adamson (who is our former probate judge from the 50's and was asked to leave the county (after being taken to state court) due to the fact he was convicted of falsification of public records and embezzlement from Clayton county) state case #3-1792 & 3-1791. All records are public.

The purpose was to sell the land, build homes and then they all would win. Money to developers and builders but most of all more residential Tax dollars for the county, so without the knowledge of the community the county took it upon themselves to contact the family and asked them to take it so their fingerprints would not be on it directly. ( but indirectly is just as bad or worse) No one in the community knew the lake was being talked about much less be given away.

The reason people have moved in and stayed for years is because of lake Tara, it's natural beauty and many varieties of wildlife. Later in the case Michael opened another corp and moved the land over into Lake Tara LLC. (without our knowledge)
The preceding mentioned also took place across Tara Rd. via another greedy developer (the other half of Tara Lake) where new homes (less than 5 years old) now stand and several have already developed serious foundation problems and some have already changed ownership one or more times.

Now lets discuss the wildlife affected. Make sure and view the slide shows throughout this web site and you will get a idea of the scope of wildlife that will be affected in a adverse and non-reversable way including Red Tail Hawks (nesting), Osprey's (nesting), Red Wing Blackbird, Brown Thrashers, Beavers, White Tail Deer, Blue and White Heron, Canadian Geese, Several species of fish including (Large Mouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Catfish, and more). Pictures of most of this wildlife found on wildlife page of this site. All of the above mentioned were threatened by Clayton County and Adamson's actions.

For a complete listing and status of wildlife in the Jonesboro area and surrounding counties check out this web site. http://www.worldwildlife.org

 

With over 100,000+ homes available throughout Atlanta and surrounding counties on ANY given day, WHY do we need to destroy ecological systems much less disrupt settled families for the sake of the Almighty Dollar. Every day on I75 or I285 you can see the HUGE electronic billboard stating that over 80,000 homes are available. If there are 80,000+ homes available every day surely there is something available to suite the needs of any buyer. If not buy the land an existing home sets on, tear it down and build there instead of destroying more of nature. THINK PEOPLE.

Lake Tara Tidbits

* The lake was originally 26.5 acres, since it has been drained there are about 4 acres of water left.
* The neighborhood was originally built in 1944 as a summer nature retreat primarily for the well-to-do citizens of Atlanta.
* There are approximately 165 homes in the Lake Tara subdivision.
* The lake was drained by Michael Adamson, owner of Forrest Homes in Alpharetta, Georgia. The draining took place in late July of 2004, when Mr. Adamson had the dam breached.
* As of December 30, 2006, the legal costs to fight for the preservation of lake and its wildlife, some of which is endangered has surmounted to $42,300.
* The citizens of Lake Tara have raised $25,100 towards the above mentioned legal costs.

* Lake Tara Nature Habitat recently received a $1,000 grant from United Way.

 

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