Tallahassee, FL -- March 14, 2012 -- The bottom of Lake Iamonia,
north of Tallahassee, is cleaner than it’s been in years, thanks
to a host of volunteers, county and state personnel. Cleaning up
the lake was the idea of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission (FWC) Officer Charles “Bucky” Higman, a 32-year-
veteran officer who lives in Tallahassee, and Katie Woodside, an
FWC freshwater fisheries biologist. Higman reached out to Josh
McSwain, supervisor of parks for Leon County Parks and
Recreation, and about 20 FSU students wanting to take part in
community service work. The group collected more than 2,500
pounds of litter, including cans and bottles, bait cups, broken
chairs and even a recliner. The litter had been left on the
banks of the receding lake by anglers over the last one to two
years. Leon County provided garbage bags and transported the
filled bags to the county transfer station. At full pool, Lake
Iamonia covers just over 5,700 acres. It now covers
approximately 200 acres, due to below-