Skip to main content Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - 11:57am  As River
Trickles, So Do Tourists  Updated: 3 years ago. The sun is
baking South Georgia in an ongoing drought. Wildfires aren't
making things any easier for businesses that rely on South
Georgia rivers. (photo Mali Unaba)  Months of drought and smoky
conditions are taking their toll on some South Georgia tourism
businesses.  Many rivers in the region are at record low levels.
Businesses that rely on a steady stream of fishermen, kayakers
and boaters are watching the trickles in their local rivers with
concern.  The Satilla River is flowing at less than a tenth its
normal level about 20 miles from the coast.  Stanley Mieloch of
Satilla River Outfitters in Woodbine says, many tourists aren't
renting his canoes because there isn't enough water.  "The
kayaks and the canoers don't show up because there's no places
to go," Mieloch says. "It's all dry up in the estuaries."  The
situation is better near the coast where tides rush water in and
out -- and on the s