Yates Lake West

There’s an aspect of serenity one experiences about 100 yards down the trail of the Forever Wild Gothard-AWF Yates Lake Wildlife Management Area in Tallassee. Nature surrounds as squirrels play on the left and deer, in the distance, on the right.

One step onto a wayward scrap of a branch that cracks under the weight will cause a covey of quail to explode from their home, wings beating on the air as the search for new land begins.