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Are black bears in Georgia? Here's where, how to protect yourself
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (14+ words) Savannah Morning News...
Pooler buys 35 acres to preserve greenspace
2+ week, 4+ day ago (413+ words) In an effort to preserve the dwindling greenspace in the City of Pooler, 35 acres of wetlands and woodlands off Old Pine Barren Road has been purchased using the Pooler Tree Fund, the city announced Friday." Residents of Pooler have long…...
Petition asks Chemours to protect Okefenokee swamp
2+ week, 6+ day ago (84+ words) Savannah Morning News ATLANTA " People who want to protect the Okefenokee delivered a petition with 26, 000 signatures Wednesday to a company they fear might mine near the swamp, asking for a permanent pledge not to. Last year, conservationists assembled about $60 million…...
Why Georgia officials want you to turn off lights tonight
3+ week, 5+ day ago (195+ words) Wildlife advocates are urging Georgians to flip the switch this week as millions of birds move across the state during peak spring migration. Birds Georgia has issued a "Lights Out" alert for the nights of April 16 and 17, asking residents and…...
Drought means fewer mosquitoes but higher virus risk
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (415+ words) After a rain, water pools and puddles across Chatham County, as small as a couple square feet to as big as a couple of acres." Chatham County Mosquito Control Department routinely checks in on all of these pools, over 1, 100 to…...
Hummingbirds spotted in Georgia as part of 2026 migration. Here's where
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (260+ words) We just got a sign of spring after the first sightings of hummingbirds in Georgia on the Hummingbird Central migration map. The reporter said two ruby-throated hummingbirds were seen in Brunswick minutes after they put their feeders up. These are…...
Rare salamanders found at Fort Stewart after decades of absence
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (932+ words) Rob Tiffin goes out into the field when others call it quits'cold, dark, and rainy winter nights with soggy shoes and a lone beam emitting from his flashlight. He slowly wades through ponds and wetlands at Fort Stewart with his…...
Coalition drops concrete pyramids in Georgia marsh to build reefs
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (736+ words) Facing the ocean in Wassaw Sound, about 11 miles from Savannah, is a grassy nook buffering waves for fish seeking shelter in Georgia's marshes." On Friday, Dec. 12, Romerly Marsh Creek received a fresh batch of concrete pyramids, adding to the matrix…...
Georgia's bald eagles are nesting closer to people. That's a problem.
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (973+ words) For over a decade, Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Wildlife Resources Division Program Manager Bob Sargent has conducted bald eagle nest surveys across Georgia'in a fashion not too dissimilar from a Tom Cruise stunt. The helicopter hovers at treetop…...
Wood storks rebound, but delisting raises new concerns for wetlands
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (758+ words) The wood stork, the pride of the southeastern United States and the only stork species native to North America, lives according to the rhythm of tides. As the tide falls and fish become trapped in small pools, white-feathered waders stir…...