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Okefenokee Swamp clinches World Heritage status, officially joining ranks of top natural wonders
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (830+ words) The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is now a World Heritage site. “The Okefenokee is a place where nature still reigns,” Kim Bednarek, executive director of Okefenokee Swamp Park and Adventures, said in an acceptance speech. “Across more than 400,000 acres, water,…...
Birdsong, land conservation, and Ted
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (432+ words) At 5:20 a.m. on a Monday morning, I sat in my car in a large, empty parking lot surrounded by pitch-black darkness and wondered if I was crazy. Should I walk alone down the forested trail beside the Chattahoochee River, as planned?...
🌊 'Blue Heron' + processing grief
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (1040+ words) Friday, May 8 — Happy Friday, everyone! I hope you’re gearing up for a relaxing weekend, and hopefully not planning to drive anywhere outside of a two-mile radius from your home. If you need some homebody plans this weekend, the Atlanta Film Festival…...
Artistry Soars at Flight of Butterflies
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (571+ words) As spring blossoms burst open and the days turn warmer, let your spirit take wing at the Flight of Butterflies, an outdoor exhibit open now through June 7, 2026 at Fernbank Museum featuring 25 striking butterfly sculptures. Set along the paths of WildWoods,…...
Birds Georgia celebrating 100 years in 2026
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (322+ words) ONGOING COVERAGE Winter Storm Fern >> Birds Georgia will celebrate its 100th anniversary of bird conservation efforts in 2026 with a yearlong series of events and programs throughout the state. Among the plans the organization announced include guided birding trips, habitat restoration workdays,…...
Practical effects save the day in ‘Primate’
8+ mon, 5+ day ago (801+ words) Michael Myers. Freddy Krueger. Ghostface. All iconic slasher villains who made their mark by hunting and killing terrified teens. Now, with the film “Primate,” a new name has joined their ranks: Ben. As you probably guessed, Ben is the titular…...
Preservationists release a formerly endangered woodpecker to new home in South Georgia
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (270+ words) On Dec. 18, a group of preservationists released groups of previously endangered woodpeckers to their new home in South Georgia. The red-cockaded woodpecker, or RCW for short, is a small, black-and-white bird that primarily lived in Georgia’s longleaf pine savannas, which…...
Decatur recognized as Georgia's first 'Bird City"
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (340+ words) Decatur recently made history by becoming the first location in Georgia to earn the official “Bird City” designation. The Atlanta suburb received the title amidst the launch of “Bird City Georgia,” a statewide initiative started by the Bird City Network…...
Above the Waterline: Outrunning climate change in the wild
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (175+ words) As my eyes scanned the scattered piles of gray rocks and boulders at the base of a steep mountain, my ears concentrated on high-pitched “eep” calls coming from inside the talus slope. After much searching, we had found a colony…...