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News Articles: conservation

A right whale swims in the ocean, entangled in fishing gear.

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  • Environment

Right whales vs. commercial fishing: no ‘easy solution’ for NOAA, says Raimondo

Once hunted to near-extinction, the greatest threats to the endangered North Atlantic right whale now are accidental encounters with humans.

March 16, 2023
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By:
  • Jacob Fischler
Donald and Margaret Holder of Crawford County harvesting purple hull peas in 2018. 

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  • Environment

Bipartisan farmland conservation bill passes Georgia Senate on Crossover Day

The bill asks to create a fund to purchase conservation easements for agricultural land.

March 08, 2023
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Dugdown Mountain Corridor

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  • News

Ossoff goes to bat for two proposed land preservation projects in Georgia

Sen. Jon Ossoff is asking the United States Forest Service to support two fiscal 2024 Land and Water Conservation Fund projects in Georgia.

January 31, 2023
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is being hit hard by climate change, but new research is showing how some corals are more resilient to heat.

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  • Climate

How can coral reefs deal with climate change? Get better roommates

Hotter temperatures are threatening coral reefs worldwide. Now, scientists are pinpointing how some "super corals" are better able to withstand the heat.

December 29, 2022
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer

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  • Environment

Chattahoochee River Act signed into law

President Joe Biden recently signed legislation aimed at protecting the Chattahoochee River.

December 29, 2022
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Archipeligo (right whale catalog #3370) and her new calf swim off Little St. Simons on Dec. 8, 2022. Credit: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken under NOAA permit 20556-01.

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  • Environment

First two right whale calves of the season spotted off Georgia coast

Researchers spotted the second right whale calf of the 2022-2023 season just a day after sighting the first one. 

December 12, 2022
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By:
  • Mary Landers
An eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna) stands on a fence post.

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  • Environment

Time is running short for federal wildlife protection plan to pass Senate

The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act calls for dedicating $1.3 billion annually for state fish and wildlife agencies to help restore and protect threatened wild lands and creatures. If it becomes law, Georgia is set to get $27.4 million of those funds.

December 09, 2022
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By:
  • Ross Williams
A riverside fisherman pulls a captured pirarucu into his canoe in Lake Amanã on Nov. 15.

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  • Latin America

Rare good news from the Amazon: Gigantic fish are thriving again

Conservationists say a sustainable fishing program has helped the recovery of the local pirarucu — which can be up to 10-feet long and weigh 450 pounds.

December 07, 2022
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By:
  • John Otis
 The proposed Camden County spaceport‌’s‌ ‌proximity‌ ‌to‌ ‌Cumberland‌ ‌Island‌ ‌fueled opposition to county officials’‌ ‌plans‌ ‌to‌ ‌launch‌ ‌rockets‌ ‌from‌ ‌the‌ ‌mainland. ‌The‌ ‌Georgia Supreme‌ ‌Court‌ ‌could‌ ‌decide this year whether to uphold a March 8 referendum ‌in‌ ‌which‌ ‌voters‌ ‌rejected‌ ‌the‌ spaceport‌ ‌land‌ ‌deal.

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  • Environment

More visitors on Cumberland Island? Park officials want your input

The National Park Service is seeking public comment on a new management plan, which includes changing the number of visitors allowed each day.

November 24, 2022
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  • Orlando Montoya
A bee.

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  • News

UGA and Dalan Animal Health partner to develop the first honeybee vaccine

The University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences has partnered with Dalan Animal Health to advance the world’s first honeybee vaccine.

November 04, 2022
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By:
  • Ambria Burton
 Activists in the Okefenokee Protection Alliance are preparing for a fight this fall as Twin Pines Minerals gets ready to submit its application for mining near the Okefenokee Swamp. When the permit application is reviewed, the state’s Environmental Protection Division will open the public comment period for 60 days. Photo contributed by Joy Campbell

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  • News

Okefenokee fans rally support again as mining plan nears final Georgia EPD review

A major hurdle could soon be cleared for Twin Pines Minerals’ controversial plan to mine near Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge three years after it was announced. And a coalition of park supporters is rallying the public against those plans it claims would threaten hundreds of thousands of acres of wetlands.

November 04, 2022
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
A team composed of Macon Water Authority scientists and outside contractors net fish on a small stretch of Walnut Creek in Macon on a recent morning.

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  • Environment

Fish can tell a creek's story. To catch the fish is shocking

The creeks, streams and rivers we rely on for clean water are increasingly under stress from pollution and even from the power of rainfall itself. 

To measure how that stress affects a watershed’s health, you can do lots of different things, like measuring the oxygen in the water or looking at how stormwater runoff changes a streambed. Or, you can look and see what is still living in the stream.

 

October 03, 2022
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
A yard sign near the entrance to the Suwanee River Eco-Lodge at Stephen Foster State Park. Credit: Mary Landers/The Current

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  • Environment

On Okefenokee, DNR board looks for signal from feds

The board isn’t ready yet to pass a resolution, DNR Board Chairman Bill Jones said, instead looking to the U.S. Secretary of the Interior to take the lead on the issue as then-Secretary Bruce Babbitt did 25 years ago.

September 29, 2022
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By:
  • Mary Landers
A right whale swims in the ocean, entangled in fishing gear.

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  • Environment

Proposed speed limit to protect right whales upsets boat operators

The rule would apply a calving season speed limit to more boaters than it currently affects.

September 23, 2022
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya
An illustration of the proposed Camden Spaceport site

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  • News

Georgia’s public referendum law at stake as spaceport fight reaches state Supreme Court

Union Carbide’s decision to back out of a land deal for a Camden County spaceport has sparked more lawsuits ahead of next month’s Georgia Supreme Court hearing of a challenge to a public vote that has scuttled the project for now.

September 20, 2022
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
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