Tag: survey

May 10 2020

Mussels: More than Just a Shell in the Mud

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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Written by Denise Shepherd When I was first assigned to cover a freshwater mussel survey, I wondered why I should care about a ‘shell in the mud?’ Then I met...

Jan 03 2020

Boating, Conservation, Georgia Wildlife, Law Enforcement, Research

Remembering Punctuation

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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She brought us eight calves and 38 years of survey excitement, and humans brought her death. A Successful Mother Female no. 1281, nicknamed Punctuation for a unique pattern of...

May 21 2019

Conservation, Georgia Wildlife

Conserving Georgia’s Diamonds in the Marsh

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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“Look at those eyes!” It’s a sun-spangled morning on a Georgia tidal creek and the green-hued eyes of a diamondback terrapin have caught Ashley Raybould’s. “I’ve seen the really blue...

Sep 05 2012

Conservation

Flat Shoals Plus 136 Years

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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Full report by: Michael Wolfe, Regional Outreach Coordinator and member of the Board of Directors, North American Native Fishes Association In the summer of 1876, ichthyologist David Starr Jordan and his assistant,...

Jul 25 2012

Fishing

Fish, Fish and More Fish

by Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division

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The Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division recently traveled to the Chattooga River to lead one of the state’s largest fish sampling surveys of the year. Joining the survey was the South...