Nest Boxes, Rabun Gap Students Offer Hellbenders Helping Hand
Eastern hellbenders will get new homes and other help through a six-state project powered by a federal grant and – in northeast Georgia – middle and high school students fascinated...
Category: Conservation
Man at Work: DNR’s Danny Smith Marks 50 Years with State
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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As part of Public Service Recognition Week, here’s a look at one of Wildlife Resources’ many exemplary employees. Danny Smith tried retiring once. It didn’t last. So at 71 and...
Georgia Botanical Society’s ‘Year of the Bog’ Raises Profile of Coastal Plain Bogs
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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Coastal Plain herbaceous bogs have been described as small, rare jewels – one of the highest-priority habitats for rare plant conservation in Georgia.
Year 2 of Tagging Right Whales in the Southeast
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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By Dr. Russ Andrews For the second year, researchers from Alaska traveled to the southeastern U.S. to work with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation...
‘Tis the Season for Spotted Turtles
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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By DIRK STEVENSON As you know, southeastern Georgia is renowned for its impressive diversity of native turtles. From venerable landlubbers like box turtles and gopher tortoises to our varied...
Nov
30
2015
The “Camo Club” — Student Connects with Bobwhite Quail Initiative
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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By: Paul Grimes Middle school science teacher Gretchen Estrada runs the “Camo Club,” an after-school program designed to get students involved in hunting, fishing and the outdoors. After making sure...
Sep
28
2015
Hummingbird Has Close Call with Orb Weaver
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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By: Linda May In late summer and early fall, ruby-throated hummingbirds are migrating south even as orb weaver spiders are increasing in size and becoming more noticeable. While hummingbirds regularly...
Jul
14
2015
Watch What You Plant
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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By: Elliot Ambrose, Georgia DNR Public Affairs Intern The war on Georgia’s invasive species: Part II Growing native in Georgia With their variety of colors, shapes and textures, exotic plants...
Jul
02
2015
Counting Quail – DNR completes breeding bird surveys
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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By: Dallas Ingram, Georgia DNR wildlife biologist Wildlife biologists with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division recently completed breeding bird counts on several wildlife management areas (WMAs)...
May
28
2015
We Have Seen the Enemy…
by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
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By: Elliot Ambrose, Georgia DNR Public Affairs Intern The war on Georgia’s invasive species: Part I There are invaders among us. Large and small, they have infiltrated and spread, displacing...