Category: Conservation

Mar 31 2023

Conservation, Georgia Wildlife

Diamonds in the Rough

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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The eastern diamond-backed rattlesnake is a declining and not always welcomed resident of Georgia. Learn more about this misunderstood reptile.

Conservation, Georgia wildlife, reptiles, species profile

Mar 20 2023

Conservation, Georgia Wildlife

Pink Lady’s Slipper: Orchid on the Margins

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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When DNR botanists learned that road construction would affect a site with over 1,000 pink lady's slipper orchids, they decided to move the native plants to save them. But relocating...

botany, Conservation, Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance, pink lady's slipper, Wildlife

Feb 15 2023

Conservation, Georgia Wildlife

Gopher Frog: Gimme Shelter

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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Gopher frogs are Georgia's rarest amphibian. These burrow loving frogs are an important bioindicator species for the longleaf pine ecosystem with a fascinating life history.

Conservation, frogs, species profile

Feb 06 2023

Conservation, Georgia Wildlife

Rescuing a Right Whale

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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There's new hope for the North Atlantic right whale "Argo" after responders freed him from lobster pots and commercial fishing rope tangled around his tail.

Army Corps of Engineers, Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, Duke University, Florida FWC, Georgia DNR, NOAA Fisheries, North Atlantic right whale

Jan 31 2023

Conservation, Georgia Wildlife

Saving Canby’s Dropwort: A Family Tradition

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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The endangered Canby’s dropwort offers a prime example of how DNR partners with private landowners to conserve rare plants and other wildlife and habitats.

Conservation, Plants, Wildlife

Dec 19 2022

Conservation, Georgia Wildlife

Tricolored Bat: Little Bat, Big Trouble

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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The tricolored bat is an irreplaceable part of Georgia’s natural heritage, found throughout the state, but the species is in trouble.

bats, species profile, Wildlife

Nov 21 2022

Conservation, Georgia Wildlife

Flyr’s Nemesis: What’s in a Name

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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Flyr’s nemesis is a rare plant with a unique name shrouded in rumor.

Conservation, species profile, Wildlife

Oct 07 2022

Conservation, Georgia Wildlife

Loggerhead Shrike: Butcher and Songbird

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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Disguised as an ordinary songbird, this fascinating animal leaves its victims impaled along roadsides in order to survive.

Birds, Conservation, Georgia wildlife, species profile, Wildlife

Oct 03 2022

Conservation, Georgia Wildlife

Working the Night Shift

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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After dark during summer, DNR does the detective work to monitor bat populations, gathering data that can be used to help conserve them.

bats, Conservation, Wildlife

Aug 29 2022

Conservation, Georgia Wildlife

Sparrowhawks Make a Comeback

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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Just outside the small town of Butler, the southeastern subspecies of American kestrel has staved off extirpation. For now.

Birds, Georgia wildlife, sandhills wma, southeastern american kestrel