Category: Conservation

Jun 12 2012

Conservation

Growing-season Burns Helping Habitat, Wildlife

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

2 Comments

After nearly two decades of working with growing-season burns, Alan Isler knows the short- and long-term effects. Isler, a DNR wildlife resource manager and former Georgia Forestry Commission employee, has...

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Jun 08 2012

Conservation

Eagle returning to Paradise

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

2 Comments

Public invited to June 16 release of rehabilitated raptor Seeing bald eagles at Paradise Public Fishing Area is nothing new. But when Blaine Tyler, an employee at the Georgia Wildlife...

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May 02 2012

Conservation

Bat Conservation Interns Hard at Work

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

3 Comments

Bronson Curry and Jackie Jeffery are spending their summer studying the northern yellow bat as part of a full-time bat conservation internship with Wildlife Resources Division’s Nongame Conservation Section.  Primarily...

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Mar 28 2012

Conservation, Fishing

Lake Sturgeon Inhabiting Native Waters Again

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

No Comments

Thanks to Georgia Department of Natural Resources stocking efforts, lake sturgeon are once again inhabiting their native waters in the Coosa River basin. Wiped out in the 1960s, this prehistoric...

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Mar 22 2012

Conservation

Hellbender ‘Re-discovered’ in Northwest Georgia

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

1 Comment

Young Hunter Owens of East Ridge, Tenn. got a surprise while fishing for catfish in a stream near Ringgold, Ga., last December. Although Hunter didn’t catch a record-sized catfish, what...

Conservation, Fishing, Georgia, Hellbender, Herpetology, North America, Northwest Georgia, Salamander, Tennessee, Weekend for Wildlife

Feb 24 2012

Conservation

Share the Beach on Your Vacation

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

No Comments

As you plan your spring break and summer vacations to Georgia’s coast, remember that your family won’t be the only ones enjoying the beach.  As the weather warms up, many...

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Oct 13 2011

Conservation

Torching Habitat to Help it

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

No Comments

What do blow torches have to do with mountain bogs?  Habitat restoration. Mountain bogs are one of the most critically endangered habitats of the Southern Appalachians.  A primary threat to...

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Aug 16 2011

Conservation

Old Road, New Lot Opening Door to More of Dawson Forest

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

No Comments

Good news for all who hunt, fish, bird, hike or paddle at Dawson Forest: The wildlife management area near Dawsonville will soon be more accessible and safer! A road closed since...

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