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AJC.com > Legislature > Georgia Beat > Archives > 2005 > March > 22 > Entry
House vote approves deadhead logging in Flint, Altamaha
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Georgia House narrowly approved legislation today that would allow divers to extract 100-year-old logs from the Altamaha and Flint rivers in South Georgia.
The logs have been resting on the river bottoms since loggers stopped using the state’s rivers to move their products to market. Environmentalists oppose the practice —- called deadhead logging —- which has been illegal here since 1998. They say removing the 20- to 25-foot longleaf pine and cypress logs will stir up massive amounts of silt, ruining fish habitats and polluting the water.
House Speaker Pro Tem Mark Burkhalter (R-Alpharetta) cast the tie-breaking vote needed for the bill to pass with the slimmest 91-vote majority.
The vote would have sent the bill to the desk of the governor to be signed into law, but state Rep. Tom Bordeaux has asked that the House be given a chance to reconsider its action at a later date.
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