A McIntosh County citizen group that’s fought to reduce herbicide use and an oyster hatchery on Skidaway Island are among the 13 entities the Georgia Water Coalition recognized Tuesday for their positive impacts on the state’s waterways. 

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced new draft guidelines for the use of dicamba, a powerful but controversial herbicide prized by some farmers for control of weeds in crops like corn and soybeans.

A state official in Arkansas who's led a national effort to limit damage from a controversial herbicide has recently found his tractors damaged and hay bales burned.